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An instrument for marking or laying off the outlines of teeth of gear wheels.

Of or pertaining to odontography.

A description of the teeth.

Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. Odontoid bone (Anat.), a separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process. -- Odontoid process, or Odontoid peg (Anat.), the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See Axis.…

ve in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis. [Written also Odontholcae, and Odontoholcae.]

A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise.

The science which treats of the teeth, their structure and development.

Same as Cephalophora.

A special structure found in the mouth of most mollusks, except bivalves. It consists of several muscles and a cartilage which supports a chitinous radula, or lingual ribbon, armed with teeth. Also applied to the radula alone. See Radula.

Having an odontophore.

An odontoblast.

An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.

armed with teeth, as in most other vertebrates. They have been divided into three orders: Odontolcæ, Odontotormæ, and Saururæ.

Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.

An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis.

ant or offensive; scent; perfume. Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers, That dainty odors from them threw around. Spenser. To be in bad odor, to be out of favor, or in bad repute.

A perfume; a strong scent. [Obs.] Burton.

Yielding odors; fragrant. Holland.

Odorous. [Obos.] Bacon.

Diffusing odor or scent; fragrant.