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dens¹

  • /dɛnz/

Rhymes with -ɛnz

Where it comes from

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noun

  1. plural plural of den

verb

  1. indicative, present, singular, third person third-person singular simple present indicative of den

dens²

  • /dɛnz/

Rhymes with -ɛnz

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin dēns (“a tooth”). Doublet of dent and tooth.

noun dentes

  1. A toothlike process projecting from the anterior end of the centrum of the axis vertebra on which the atlas vertebra rotates.

    Similar: odontoid process

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noun toothlike process

中文齒突 /齿突 chǐtú

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dens. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dens

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@misc{dens_2026,
  title = {dens},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dens},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}