dentalium
See also: Dentalium
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name.
Noun
editdentalium (plural dentalia or dentaliums)
- Any of various tooth shells of the genus Dentalium.
- 1999, Jonathan C. H. King, First Peoples, First Contacts: Native Peoples of North America, page 138:
- Apart from the two or three bird masks, the only other zoomorphic mask was a wolf frontlet of cedar decorated in micaceous black paint with dentalium teeth, dentalium being an important form of wealth with some of the attributes of a currency.
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editLatin
editAdjective
editdentālium