Odontoid adj. (Anat.) (a)Having the form of a tooth; toothlike.
(b)Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.
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.