dentiparous

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English

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Etymology

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From denti- +‎ -parous.

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Adjective

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dentiparous (not comparable)

  1. tooth-bearing
    Synonym: dentigerous
    • 1866, Richard Owen, On the Anatomy of Vertebrates:
      A thin compact floor of bone separates this groove, and the sockets anterior to it, from the large cavity of the ramus of the jaw; it is pierced by bloodvessels for the supply of the pulps of the growing teeth and the vascular dentiparous membrane which lines the alveolar cavities.

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