How to use dentalium in a sentence
The Dentalia, being true molluscs, are not rightly placed among the Annelides.
A Conchological Manual | George Brettingham SowerbyIncised dentalia were also found in two of the five cremation circles containing dentalium shells.
The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley | Harlan Ingersoll SmithStrings of them were hung from the ears or fastened to the braids of hair and dentalia were attached to the dresses of the women.
The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley | Harlan Ingersoll SmithOne lot of dentalia found in a cremation circle was charred.
The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley | Harlan Ingersoll SmithSolenes cappe lunge venetorum commonly a razor fish the shell thereof dentalia.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne | Thomas Browne
British Dictionary definitions for dentalium
dentalium
/ (dɛnˈteɪlɪəm) /
Origin of dentalium
1C19: New Latin, from Medieval Latin dentālis dental
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