eye tooth

Other forms: eye tooths

Definitions of eye tooth
  1. noun
    one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
    synonyms: canine, canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eyetooth
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    types:
    fang
    canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
    type of:
    tooth
    hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
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