Compressidens

Translingual

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-?
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
    Proto-Italic *kom
    Old Latin com
    Latin cum
    Latin con-
    Latin com-
    Proto-Italic *pres-
    Latin premō
    Latin comprimō
    Latin compressusder.
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
    Proto-Indo-European *-ónts
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts
    Proto-Italic *dents
    Latin dēnsder.
    Translingual Compressidens

    From Latin compressus (“compressed”) +‎ Latin dēns (“tooth”).

    Coined by American zoologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry and by malacologist and zoologist Benjamin Sharp in 1897.

    Proper noun

    Compressidens f

    1. A taxonomic genus within the order Gadilida – certain tusk shells.

    See also

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