Dentilingual

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dentilingual \Den`ti*lin"gual\, a. [L. dens tooth + E. lingual.]
     Produced by applying the tongue to the teeth or to the gums;
     or representing a sound so formed. -- n. A dentilingual sound
     or letter.
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           The letters of this fourth, dentilingual or
           linguidental, class, viz., d, t, s, z, l, r. --Am. Cyc.
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