AL'VEOLUS, noun [Latin dim of alveus.] 1. A cell in a bee hive, or in a fossil. 2. The socket in the jaw, in which a tooth is fixed. 3. A sea fossil of a conic figure, composed of a number of cells, like bee-hives, joined by a pipe of communication.
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