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    EYETOOTH

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: eyeteeth  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolarsplay

    Synonyms:

    canine; canine tooth; cuspid; dogtooth; eye tooth; eyetooth

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("eyetooth" 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 "eyetooth"):

    fang (canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey)

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