eroso-comb. form
combining form of Latin ērōsus (see erose adj.).
eˌroso-ˈdentate adj. 
/ɛˌrəʊsəʊˈdɛnteɪt/, /ɛˌroʊsoʊˈdɛnˌteɪt/ Botany and Zoology (see dentate adj.), toothed irregularly, as if bitten ( Treasury Bot.). [After scientific Latin eroso-dentatus (1755 or earlier).]
Brit. /ᵻˌrəʊsəʊˈdɛnteɪt/
, /ᵻˌrəʊsəʊˈdɛnteɪt//ɛˌrəʊsəʊˈdɛnteɪt/U.S. /əˌroʊsoʊˈdɛnˌteɪt/
, /əˌroʊsoʊˈdɛnˌteɪt//ɛˌroʊsoʊˈdɛnˌteɪt/ΚΠ
1848 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes (new ed.) 270 The upper margin of the coral is very fragile and eroso-dentate.
eˌroso-denˈticulate adj. /ᵻˌrəʊsə(ʊ)dɛnˈtɪkjᵿleɪt/, /ɛˌrəʊsə(ʊ)dɛnˈtɪkjᵿlət/, /ɛˌrəʊsə(ʊ)dɛnˈtɪkjᵿleɪt/, /ɛˌroʊsoʊdɛnˈtɪkjələt/ Zoology (see denticulate adj.). [After scientific Latin eroso-denticulatus (1759 or earlier).]
Brit. /ᵻˌrəʊsə(ʊ)dɛnˈtɪkjᵿlət/
, /ᵻˌrəʊsə(ʊ)dɛnˈtɪkjᵿlət//ᵻˌrəʊsə(ʊ)dɛnˈtɪkjᵿleɪt//ɛˌrəʊsə(ʊ)dɛnˈtɪkjᵿlət//ɛˌrəʊsə(ʊ)dɛnˈtɪkjᵿleɪt/U.S. /əˌroʊsoʊdɛnˈtɪkjələt/
, /əˌroʊsoʊdɛnˈtɪkjələt//ɛˌroʊsoʊdɛnˈtɪkjələt/ΚΠ
1848 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes (new ed.) 261 Lamellæ finely eroso-denticulate.
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