See Also: dentex(medicine)
dentex(dictionary)

tarsioid (iou) and dentex (iou)


tarsioid (iou)



tarsioid noun & adjective. E20.
[from TARSIER + -OID.]
Zoology & Palaeontology.
A. noun. A primate, esp. a fossil, belonging to the group of which tarsiers are the living representatives. E20.
b. adjective. Resembling a tarsier; related to the tarsiers. E20.

dentex (iou)



dentex noun. Pl. same. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below) from Latin dentex, -tix a kind of marine fish.]
A sea bream of the genus Dentex; spec. D. dentex of the Mediterranean and N. African Atlantic coast.