Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Odontoblast

Odontoblast , noun

[Odonto- + -blast.]

1.
(Anatomy) One of the more or less columnar cells on the outer surface of the pulp of a tooth; an odontoplast. They are supposed to be connected with the formation of dentine.
2.
(Zoology) One of the cells which secrete the chitinous teeth of Mollusca.