Odontoid

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

  Odontoid \O*don"toid\, a. [Gr. ?; 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth +
     e'i^dos form: cf. F. odonto["i]de.] (Anat.)
     (a) Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
     (b) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid
         process.
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     {Odontoid bone} (Anat.), a separate bone, in many reptiles,
        corresponding to the odontoid process.
  
     {Odontoid process}, or {Odontoid peg} (Anat.), the anterior
        process of the centrum of the second vertebra, or axis, in
        birds and mammals. See {Axis}.
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