MULTIDENTATE

Etymology

Adjective

multidentate (comparative more multidentate, superlative most multidentate)

(biology) Having many teeth

(chemistry, of a ligand) Having multiple points at which it is attached to a central atom

Source: Wiktionary


Mul`ti*den"tate, a. Etym: [Multi- + dentate.]

Definition: Having many teeth, or toothlike processes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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