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Generetion, or mode of development, of the teeth.

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.…

ncludes 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.

med 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.

Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.

The description of fossil remains.

Of or pertaining to paleontology. -- Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One versed in paleontology.