CANINE TOOTH
Dictionary entry overview: What does canine tooth mean? • CANINE TOOTH (noun)
The noun CANINE TOOTH has 1 sense:
1. one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Familiarity information: CANINE TOOTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CANINE TOOTH (noun)
Meaning:
One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
canine; canine tooth; cuspid; eye tooth; eyetooth; dogtooth
Hypernyms ("canine tooth" is a kind of...):
tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canine tooth"):
fang (canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey)
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