Definition of tooth

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Tooth (n.) One of the hard, bony appendages which are borne on the jaws, or on other bones in the walls of the mouth or pharynx of most vertebrates, and which usually aid in the prehension and mastication of food..

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Dentirostral :: Dentirostral (a.) Having a toothed bill; -- applied to a group of passerine birds, having the bill notched, and feeding chiefly on insects, as the shrikes and vireos. See Illust. (N) under Beak..
Jagger :: "Jagger (n.) One who, or that which, jags; specifically: (a) jagging iron used for crimping pies, cakes, etc. (b) A toothed chisel. See Jag, v. t..
Bucktooth :: Bucktooth (n.) Any tooth that juts out.
Bipectinated :: Bipectinated (a.) Having two margins toothed like a comb.
Retaliation :: Retaliation (n.) The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth..
Denticle :: Denticle (n.) A small tooth or projecting point.
Carious :: Carious (a.) Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth..
Toothing :: Toothing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Toot.
Odontotormae :: Odontotormae (n.pl.) An order of extinct toothed birds having the teeth in sockets, as in the genus Ichthyornis. See Ichthyornis..
Scrimshaw :: Scrimshaw (n.) A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed..
Toothsome :: Toothsome (a.) Grateful to the taste; palatable.
Toothache :: Toothache (n.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia.
Cuspid :: Cuspid (n.) One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.
Toothing :: Toothing (n.) The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
Narwhal :: Narwhal (n.) An arctic cetacean (Monodon monocerous), about twenty feet long. The male usually has one long, twisted, pointed canine tooth, or tusk projecting forward from the upper jaw like a horn, whence it is called also sea unicorn, unicorn fish, and unicorn whale. Sometimes two horns are developed, side by side..
Coadapted :: Coadapted (a.) Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth..
Quinquedentated :: Quinquedentated (a.) Five-toothed; as, a quinquedentate leaf..
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish..
Talon :: Talon (n.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
Molar :: Molar (n.) Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth..
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