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tooth

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: tooth

1
 n
hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
2
 n
a means of enforcement
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: tooth
1

n hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

Types:
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fang
hollow or grooved tooth of a venomous snake; used to inject its poison
tusk
a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
conodont
the tiny fossil cone-shaped tooth of a primitive vertebrate of order Conodonta
chopper, pearly
informal terms for a human `tooth'
carnassial tooth
the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore; having sharp edges for cutting flesh
anterior, front tooth
a tooth situated at the front of the mouth
back tooth, posterior
a tooth situated at the back of the mouth
malposed tooth
a tooth that has grown in a faulty position
adult tooth, permanent tooth
any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age
baby tooth, deciduous tooth, milk tooth, primary tooth
one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
canine, canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
bicuspid, premolar
a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars
incisor
a tooth for cutting or gnawing; located in the front of the mouth in both jaws
grinder, molar
grinding tooth with a broad crown; located behind the premolars
fang
canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
bucktooth
a large projecting front tooth
wisdom tooth
any of the last 4 teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw; the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages 16 and 21)
Type of:
bone, os
rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

n toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell

Types:
denticle
small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
Type of:
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure
a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing

n something resembling the tooth of an animal

Types:
cog, sprocket
tooth on the rim of gear wheel
Type of:
projection
any structure that branches out from a central support

n one of a number of uniform projections on a gear

Type of:
projection
any structure that branches out from a central support
2

n a means of enforcement

“the treaty had no teeth in it”
Type of:
agency, means, way
how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
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