dentex

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English

Dentex angolensis
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Etymology

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Noun

dentex (plural dentexes)

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

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

dēns, dent- +‎ -ex

Noun

dentex m (genitive denticis); third declension

  1. a kind of bream

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dentex denticēs
Genitive denticis denticum
Dative denticī denticibus
Accusative denticem denticēs
Ablative dentice denticibus
Vocative dentex denticēs

Descendants

  • Dalmatian: dentís
  • Italian: dentice

References

  • dentex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • dentex in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)