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Incisor synonyms

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tusk
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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  1. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
  2. An elongated pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, extending outside of the mouth in certain animals such as the walrus, elephant, or wild boar.
  3. Any tooth or projection suggestive of a tusk
eyetooth
A canine tooth of the upper jaw.
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  1. A canine tooth of the upper jaw.
  2. Either of the two pointed teeth in the upper jaw between the bicuspids and the incisors; upper canine tooth
canine-tooth
One of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolar teeth.
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  1. One of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolar teeth.
Find another word for incisor. In this page you can discover 4 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for incisor, like: tusk, eyetooth, canine-tooth and tooth.

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  • The upper incisor teeth are generally marked by grooves.

  • The first upper incisor is much larger than the others; canine and first two premolars rudimentary.

  • In the more typical Lemuridae there are two pairs of upper incisor teeth, separated by a gap in the middle line; the premolars may be either two or three, but the molars, as in the lower jaw, are always three on each side.

  • Lower incisors diminishing in size from the first to the third; the canine, which is in contact with the third incisor, large and conical, working against (and behind) the canine-like third upper incisor.

  • The third incisor in both upper and lower jaws is large, developed before the others, with much the size, form and direction of the canine.

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