Definition of tooth

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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..

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Talon :: Talon (n.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
Scaphopda :: Scaphopda (n. pl.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala, and Solenoconcha..
Dentiform :: Dentiform (a.) Having the form of a tooth or of teeth; tooth-shaped.
Charbon :: Charbon (n.) A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.
Hawk :: Hawk (n.) One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the family Falconidae. They differ from the true falcons in lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk..
Gap-toothed :: Gap-toothed (a.) Having interstices between the teeth.
Bidentate :: Bidentate (a.) Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed.
Erose :: Erose (a.) Jagged or irregularly toothed, as if nibbled out or gnawed..
Odonto- :: Odonto- () A combining form from Gr. 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, a tooth..
Toothback :: Toothback (n.) Any notodontian.
Gagtooth :: Gagtooth (n.) A projecting tooth.
Pick :: Pick (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock..
Paragnathus :: Paragnathus (n.) One of the small, horny, toothlike jaws of certain annelids..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger..
Tridentated :: Tridentated (a.) Having three teeth; three-toothed.
Dentoid :: Dentoid (a.) Shaped like a tooth; tooth-shaped.
Cog :: Cog (n.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel..
Tusk :: Tusk (n.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth..
Tooth :: Tooth (n.) A projecting member resembling a tenon, but fitting into a mortise that is only sunk, not pierced through..
Odontostomatous :: Odontostomatous (a.) Having toothlike mandibles; -- applied to certain insects.
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