dens
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A tooth when talking about animals or body parts
- noun
- /dɛnz/
- Specialized
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diente
- Paleontologists studied the fossilized dens of ancient creatures to understand their diets.
Examples
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The animal's skull displayed several sharp dens that were crucial for its hunting ability.
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In the anatomy class, we learned that the dens are the projections on the second cervical vertebra.
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This is what we discuss together as a community in our Family Dens, in our online forums, and at conferences with our peers and sources of inspiration.
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Compounds
Erythronium dens-canis
- Specialized
9.9
A small spring plant with pink to purple flowers often grown in gardens
Surface Forms
dens plural
Etymology
The word dens comes from the Latin dens, which means 'tooth', and it is the same root in common words like dentist and dental. So in anatomy and zoology, dens simply means a single tooth.
