Meanings
- not comparableBearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
Occasionally dentigerous cysts may be lined partially or wholly by pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia and mucous cells.
2001, Ben Z. Pilch, Head and Neck Surgical Pathology, page 2032 more examples
They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus, odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth).
1986, William E. Duellman, Linda Trueb, Biology of Amphibians, page 317Female with dentigerous plate of ovipositor moderately wide and bearing 8–12 teeth; anal appendages of female not particularly pointed (B).
2006, Gunther Theischinger, John Hawking, The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia, page 136Synonyms: follicular
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
Origin
- Latindentis“genitive singular of dens”
- Englishdentigerous
From Latin dentis (“genitive singular of dens”) + -gerous (“bearing”).
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dentigerous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dentigerous
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