dentigerous
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of dentigerous
Example Sentences
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Except in three dried skeletons, teeth were counted on dentigerous bones in situ.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by John Wellman
The angular and dentary of the lower jaw appear concurrently with the dentigerous bones.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman
Hyla rufitela has red webbing, but in no other diagnostic feature resembles infucata, for rufitela is green above, white below, and has angular prevomerine dentigerous ridges.
From Descriptions of New Hylid Frogs From Mexico and Central America by William E. Duellman
The follicular odontoma, also known as a dentigerous cyst, is derived from the distension of a tooth follicle.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The presence of exostosed dermal roofing bones, angulate prevomerine dentigerous processes, and the structure of the vocal sacs are characters which place the species in Osteocephalus.
From A Synopsis of Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Osteocephalus by William E. Duellman
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