(n) genus of Central and South American crested partridges resembling quails; sometimes placed in a distinct subfamily or isolated in a distinct family, Syn.genus Odontophorus
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
1. (Anat.) One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + kh^tos a whale. ] (Zool.) A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + e'i^dos form: cf. F. odontoïde. ] (Anat.) (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike. (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process. [ 1913 Webster ]
Odontoid bone (Anat.), a separate bone, in many reptiles, corresponding to the odontoid process. -- Odontoid process, or Odontoid peg (Anat.), the anterior process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in birds and mammals. See Axis. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth + &unr_; a furrow. ] (Paleon.) An extinct order of ostrichlike aquatic birds having teeth, which are set in a groove in the jaw. It includes Hesperornis, and allied genera. See Hesperornis. [ Written also Odontholcae, and Odontoholcae. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Odonto- + -lite. ] (Min.) A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise. [ 1913 Webster ]
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