DENTAL

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Of or pertaining to the teeth or to dentistry; as, dental surgery.

2.
a.

Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters. Dental formula (Zoöl.), a brief notation used by zoölogists to denote the number and kind of teeth of a mammal. -- Dental surgeon, a dentist.

3.
n.

An articulation or letter formed by the aid of the teeth.

4.
n.

A marine mollusk of the genus Dentalium, with a curved conical shell resembling a tooth. See Dentalium.

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