dentigerous

English

Etymology

From Latin dentis (“genitive singular of dens”) +‎ -gerous (“bearing”).

Adjective

dentigerous (not comparable)

  1. Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
    • 1986, William E. Duellman, Linda Trueb, Biology of Amphibians, page 317:
      They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus, odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth).
    • 2001, Ben Z. Pilch, Head and Neck Surgical Pathology‎, page 203:
      Occasionally dentigerous cysts may be lined partially or wholly by pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia and mucous cells.
    • 2006, Gunther Theischinger, John Hawking, The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia, page 136:
      Female with dentigerous plate of ovipositor moderately wide and bearing 8–12 teeth; anal appendages of female not particularly pointed (B).

Synonyms
  • (pertaining to tooth-generating tissue): follicular

See also
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