dentalium

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English[edit]

A 3.8 cm-long Dentalium badense.
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Etymology[edit]

From the genus name.

Noun[edit]

dentalium (plural dentalia or dentaliums)

  1. Any of various tooth shells of the genus Dentalium.
    • 1999, Jonathan C. H. King, First Peoples, First Contacts: Native Peoples of North America, page 138:
      Apart from the two or three bird masks, the only other zoomorphic mask was a wolf frontlet of cedar decorated in micaceous black paint with dentalium teeth, dentalium being an important form of wealth with some of the attributes of a currency.

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Adjective[edit]

dentālium

  1. genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of dentālis