dentalium

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dentalium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dentalium \Den*ta"li*um\, n. [NL., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth.]
     (Zool.)
     A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda,
     having a tubular conical shell.
     [1913 Webster]