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canine tooth
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  canine tooth - one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolarscanine, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetooth, dogtoothfang - canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its preytooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense |
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ca·nine tooth [TA] a tooth having a crown of thick conic shape and a long, slightly flattened conic root; there are two canine teeth in each jaw, one on either side adjacent to the distal surface of the lateral incisors, in both the deciduous and the permanent dentition. Synonym(s): dens caninus [TA], canine (3) , cuspid tooth, cuspidate tooth, cuspid (2) , dens angularis, dens cuspidatus, eye toothca·nine tooth (kā'nīn tūth) A tooth having a crown of thick conic shape and a long, slightly flattened conic root; there are two canine teeth in each jaw, one on either side adjacent to the distal surface of the lateral incisors, in both the deciduous and the permanent dentition.
Synonym(s): dens caninus [TA] , canine (3) , cuspid (2) , eye tooth. canine tooth One of the two pairs of pointed teeth on either side of the two central pairs of incisor teeth. Canines are tearing teeth; incisors are cutting teeth.canine tooth one of four pointed teeth present in the jaw between the INCISORS and the PREMOLARS in mammals, being particularly prominent in the Carnivora and having a stabbing, piercing and killing function.ca·nine tooth (kā'nīn tūth) [TA] Tooth with a thick conic crown and a long, slightly flattened conic root; there are two canine teeth in each jaw, one on either side adjacent to the distal surface of the lateral incisors, in both the deciduous and the permanent dentition.
Synonym(s): dens caninus [TA] , canine (2) , cuspid tooth, cuspid (2) , dens angularis, dens cuspidatus, eye tooth. FinancialSeeToothcanine tooth
Synonyms for canine toothnoun one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolarsSynonyms- canine
- cuspid
- eye tooth
- eyetooth
- dogtooth
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