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adjectivedentiparous (not comparable)
- not comparabletooth-bearing
A thin compact floor of bone separates this groove, and the sockets anterior to it, from the large cavity of the ramus of the jaw; it is pierced by bloodvessels for the supply of the pulps of the growing teeth and the vascular dentiparous membrane which lines the alveolar cavities.
1866, Richard Owen, On the Anatomy of VertebratesSynonyms: dentigerous
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adjectivetooth-bearing
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