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adj
Having only two teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: bidentate
Antonyms: none provided
adj
articulated with both the upper and lower teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An organism that has only two teeth, especially a dinosaur of the infraorder Dicynodontia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
In Ancient Rome, a place that had been struck by lightning and consecrated and enclosed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Middle French dentalbor. Proto-Indo-European *h3ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h3dónts Proto-Italic *dents Latin dēns Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin dentālisbor. English dental English bidental From bi- + dental.
Borrowed from Latin bidental.
