单词 | plicidentine |
释义 | plicidentinen. Palaeontology. Dentine occurring as a series of vertical folds around the central axis of a tooth, as a consequence of which the surface of the tooth has a series of vertical grooves. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > mouth > substance or parts of teeth > [noun] > dentine ivory1828 dentine1845 osteodentine1849 vitro-dentine1849 tooth-ivory1851 plicidentine1852 tooth-bone1853 1852 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art (ed. 2) Suppl. 1393/1 The basal part of the teeth of the wolf-fish, of the Lepidosteus oxyurus, and of the Ichthyosaurus, affords examples of plicidentine. 1926 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 214 193 These teeth have a typical labyrinthine structure of extremely complex plicidentine at the base. 1999 R. Singer Encycl. Paleontol. II. 1247/2 This type of dentine (called ‘plicidentine’) is now known to be a primitive feature found in rhipidistian fish—the ancestors of tetrapods. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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