dentalium

n. [动]角贝属海生软体动物,八角贝,象牙贝

词形变化

dentalia 复数 dentalia dentaliums dentaliums 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various tooth shells of the genus Dentalium.

    象牙贝

    角贝

词源

Borrowed from translingual Dentalium, from Latin dentālis (“dental”), dēns (“tooth”), Proto-Italic *dents and Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

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