GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   dental , a. [L. dens, dentis, tooth: cf. F. dental. See Tooth.]
   Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.
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   (Phon.) Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d and t are dental letters.
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   Dental formula (Zool.), a brief notation used by zoologists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal. -- Dental surgeon, a dentist.
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   Dental, n. [Cf. F. dentale. See Dental, a.]
   An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.
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   (Zool.) A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.
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