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Dentex

Dentex \Den"tex\, n. [NL., cf. L. dentix a sort of sea fish.] (Zo["o]l.) An edible European marine fish ( Sparus dentex, or Dentex vulgaris) of the family Percid[ae]. [1913 Webster] ||

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dentex

n. (context zoology English) Any member of the genus (taxlink Dentex genus noshow=1) of perciform fish.

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Dentex

Dentex is a genus of fish in the family Sparidae.

Usage examples of "dentex".

Obvious, I tell him: thirty-two percent faster than if Dentex didn't have QCP.

As soon as the water boiled they threw in rock fish, limpets, sea urchins, a dentex or two, and a green-haired stone to make the food smell of the sea.