Dentigerous

Origin

From Latin dentis ("genitive singular of dens") + -gerous("bearing").

Full definition of dentigerous

Adjective

1. Bearing teeth or tooth-like structures; of or pertaining to tissue from which teeth develop.
• 1986, William E. Duellman, Linda Trueb, Biology of Amphibians, page 317,They usually bear teeth on a dentigerous process or, occasionally, as in Hemiphractus, odontoids (projections of bone resembling teeth).
• 2001, Ben Z. Pilch, Head and Neck Surgical Pathology, page 203,Occasionally dentigerous cysts may be lined partially or wholly by pseudostratified columnar epithelium with cilia and mucous cells.
• 2006, Gunther Theischinger, John Hawking, The Complete Field Guide to Dragonflies of Australia, page 136,Female with dentigerous plate of ovipositor moderately wide and bearing 8–12 teeth; anal appendages of female not particularly pointed (B).

Synonyms

• (pertaining to tooth-generating tissue) follicular