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canine tooth

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Noun1.canine toothcanine tooth - one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
canine, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetooth, dogtooth
fang - canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense


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these fragments feature a long, pointed canine tooth that has the shape of known venom-delivery structures.
Killer bite: Ancient, tiny mammal probably used venom by Perkins, S. / Science News
For instance, one jaw piece retains a canine tooth that's smaller than the teeth of chimps but comparable to those of hominids that came after Sahelanthropus.
Untangling ancient roots: earliest hominid shows new, improved face by Bower, B. / Science News
For instance, a thin, flattened fossil tooth with a scoop-shaped inner surface resembles the lower canine tooth of today's strepsirrhines, they say.
Lemurs reveal clues to ancient Asian roots. (Science News of the week) by Bower, B. / Science News
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