Home › Words › D › dentaliumdentaliumdentalium means any of various tooth shells of the genus Dentalium.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, dentalium ranks #23,626 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from translingual Dentalium, from Latin dentālis (“dental”), dēns (“tooth”), Proto-Italic *dents and Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.nounAny of various tooth shells of the genus Dentalium.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dentaliid 78% match — Any tusk shell in the family Dentaliidae. vs dentalium →denticle 63% match — A small tooth. vs dentalium →denticule 61% match — A small tooth or toothlike structure. vs dentalium →dentile 59% match — A small tooth, like that of a saw. vs dentalium →toothly 59% match — Of or pertaining to teeth; dental. vs dentalium →anodontine 59% match — Any mollusc that exhibits anodontia vs dentalium →dentinally 58% match — In terms of dentin/dentine. vs dentalium →dentinal 58% match — Of or relating to dentin or dentine. vs dentalium →