DENTALIUM
\dɛntˈe͡ɪli͡əm], \dɛntˈeɪliəm], \d_ɛ_n_t_ˈeɪ_l_iə_m]\
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By Noah Webster.
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from dens, dentia, 'a tooth,' the dog-like tooth shell. A genus of shells in the shape of a tooth. They formerly entered into several pharmaceutical preparations, but were useless ingredients; consisting -like shells in general -of carbonate of lime and gelatin.
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