dentex

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noun

Any member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish.

Origintranslingual Dentex ← Latin dentex ← Proto-Italic *dents →
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Meanings

noundentex (plural dentexes)

plural dentexes

  1. biologyAny member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃dónts
  2. Proto-Italic*dents
  3. Latindēns“tooth”
  4. Latindentex
  5. translingualDentex
  6. Englishdentex

Borrowed from translingual Dentex, from Latin dentex, from Latin dēns (“tooth”). Further from Proto-Italic *dents and Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

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APA

dentex. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentex

MLA

“dentex.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentex. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dentex,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentex.

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