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dental formula

Syllabification: (den·tal for·mu·la)
Definition of dental formula

noun

Zoology
  • a formula expressing the number and kinds of teeth possessed by a mammal. A dental formula is usually written in the form of four “fractions,” one for each type of tooth, with the upper and lower lines describing the upper and lower jaws respectively.

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