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BLEEDING TOOTH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does bleeding tooth mean?

• BLEEDING TOOTH (noun)
The noun BLEEDING TOOTH has 1 sense:

1. gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area

Familiarity information: BLEEDING TOOTH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BLEEDING TOOTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bleeding tooth; Nerita peloronta

Hypernyms ("bleeding tooth" is a kind of...):

neritid; neritid gastropod (operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell)

Holonyms ("bleeding tooth" is a member of...):

genus Nerita (type genus of the Neritidae)

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