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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop..
They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus, odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth).
Occasionally dentigerous cysts may be lined partially or wholly by pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia and mucous cells.
Female with dentigerous plate of ovipositor moderately wide and bearing 8–12 teeth; anal appendages of female not particularly pointed (B).
Use dentigerous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dentigerous means Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop..
Common synonyms include follicular.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus, odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth).
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