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dentition

[den-tish-uhn] / dɛnˈtɪʃ ən /
NOUN
pearly whites
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Pondering extraterrestrial dentition is just one of the byproducts of working on the series for more than five years.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2025

In this study, Bertilsson and colleagues performed clinical and radiographical examination of the dentition of individuals from this site.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

The fossil dolphin’s dentition was unlike anything seen in living cetaceans.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Corpus Christi A young man recently released from dentition passes himself off as a parish priest in a small village in this Academy Award-nominated drama.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2020

Skull: Small and not heavily ridged; zygomatic arches widely spreading but weak; zygomatic arches nearly parallel; tympanic bullae moderately inflated ventrally; palate not arched; interpterygoid space U-shaped; dentition light.

From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Durrant, Stephen D.