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Webster 1913 Edition

Dentex

‖

Den′tex

,

Noun.

[NL., cf. L.

dentix

a sort of sea fish.]

(Zool.)

An edible European marine fish (

Sparus dentex

, or

Dentex vulgaris

) of the family

Percidæ

.

Definition 2024

dentex

dentex

See also: Dentex

English

Dentex angolensis

Noun

dentex ‎(plural dentexes)

(zoology) Any member of the genus Dentex of perciform fish.

Anagrams

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Latin

Etymology

From dens.

Noun

dentex

a kind of bream

Descendants

Dalmatian: dentís
Italian: dentice

References

DENTEX in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)