dentalium

[ den-tey-lee-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural den·ta·li·ums, den·ta·li·a.

dentalium

/ dɛnˈteɪlɪəm /

1860–65; < New Latin < Medieval Latin dentāl ( is ) dental + -ium -ium

C19: New Latin, from Medieval Latin dentālis dental

A long white shell, of the genus Dentalium, found on the coast.

I did not succeed in determining whether, as in Dentalium, this early localization in Lanice pre-exists in the unsegmented egg.

This order has been formed for the purpose of giving a place in the system to the genus Dentalium.

The only genus of shells described in this family is Dentalium, fig. 2, to which may be added Pharetrium, Knig.

They were not tattooed, but ears and noses were encumbered with pendants of dentalium and a small red glass bead.

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