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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Odonto- :: Odonto- () A combining form from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth..
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..
Bicuspid :: Bicuspid (n.) One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See Tooth, n..
Plicidentine :: Plicidentine (n.) A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.
Paragnathus :: Paragnathus (n.) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids..
Nagging :: Nagging (a.) Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache..
Prong :: Prong (n.) The fang of a tooth.
Toothed :: Toothed (imp. & p. p.) of Toot.
Shrike :: Shrike (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher..
Saw-toothed :: Saw-toothed (a.) Having a tooth or teeth like those of a saw; serrate.
Bi- :: Bi- () In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc..
File :: File (v. t.) To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth..
Toothpicker :: Toothpicker (n.) A toothpick.
Snag :: Snag (n.) A tooth projecting beyond the rest; contemptuously, a broken or decayed tooth..
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) One of several steps, or offsets, in a tusk. See Tusk..
Hyperotreta :: Hyperotreta (n. pl.) An order of marsipobranchs, including the Myxine or hagfish and the genus Bdellostoma. They have barbels around the mouth, one tooth on the plate, and a communication between the nasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish..
Crenation :: Crenation (n.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
Erose :: Erose (a.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed..
Scrimshaw :: Scrimshaw (n.) A shell, a whale's tooth, or the like, that is scrimshawed..
Tooth :: Tooth (v. t.) To lock into each other. See Tooth, n., 4..
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