molar+tooth

  • 61wolf tooth — noun also wolf s tooth 1. : a small vestigial first premolar that is sometimes present in a horse on each side in front of the normal grinders and that is regularly found in some fossil members of the family Equidae 2. : needle tooth 3. : a… …

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  • 62Milk tooth — Milk Milk (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein.… …

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  • 63Milk molar — Milk Milk (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein.… …

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  • 64Jaw tooth — Jaw Jaw (j[add]), n. [A modification of chaw, formed under the influence of F. joue the cheek. See {Chaw}, {Chew}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) (a) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth. (b) Hence, also, the …

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  • 65Wang tooth — Wang Wang, n. [OE. wange, AS. wange, wonge, cheek, jaw; akin to D. wang, OS. & OHG. wanga, G. wange.] [1913 Webster] 1. The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] So work aye the wangs in his head. Chaucer. [1913… …

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  • 66submerged tooth — a deciduous tooth, usually a second mandibular molar, that has undergone resorption and has become ankylosed to the bone, thus preventing its exfoliation and replacement by a permanent tooth; it appears to be submerged below the level of… …

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  • 67wisdom tooth — wis′dom tooth n. den the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt • cut one s wisdom teeth Etymology: 1660–70 …

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  • 68milk-molar — milkˈ molar noun A grinding milk tooth, shed and superseded by a premolar • • • Main Entry: ↑milk …

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  • 69wisdom tooth — noun Etymology: from being cut usually in the late teens Date: 1824 the third molar that is the last tooth to erupt on each side of the upper and lower jaws in humans …

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  • 70wisdom tooth — 1. the third molar on each side of the upper and lower jaws: the last tooth to erupt. 2. cut one s wisdom teeth, to attain maturity or discretion. [1660 70] * * * …

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