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canine tooth

canine tooth noun: synonym of cuspid, one of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolars.

Noun

canine tooth (plural canine teeth)

  1. Synonym of cuspid, one of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolars.
    Synonyms:
    cuspid, one of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolars

canine tooth meaning in Tamil and Kannada

canine tooth in Tamil

பல்வரிசையின் முன்னுள்ள கூர்மையான பல், கோரைப்பல், கோரப்பல், கோரைப் பல், வேட்டைப்பல், நாய்ப்பல்

canine tooth in Kannada

ಕೋರೆಯಹಲ್ಲು, ದಾಡೆ, ಹೆಬ್ಬಲ್, ಹೆಬ್ಬಲ್ಲು

Synonyms of canine tooth

  • cuspid
  • one of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolars

Forms of canine tooth

pluralcanine teeth

Origin of canine tooth

Calque of Latin dens canīnus (“doglike tooth”), from canis (“dog”), from their prominence in dogs and wolves. Compare dogtooth.

Words formed from canine tooth

Questions about canine tooth

What does canine tooth mean?
Canine tooth means synonym of cuspid, one of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolars.
What is canine tooth in Tamil?
Canine tooth in Tamil is பல்வரிசையின் முன்னுள்ள கூர்மையான பல், கோரைப்பல், கோரப்பல். See Canine tooth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is canine tooth?
Canine tooth is a noun.
What is the plural of canine tooth?
The plural of canine tooth is canine teeth.

Words near canine tooth in the dictionary

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  2. canine hysteria
  3. canine letter
  4. canine madness
  5. canine teeth
  6. canine tooth
  7. canine-toothless
  8. caninekind
  9. caninelike
  10. caninely
  11. canineness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canine tooth (page history and authors); canine tooth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); canine tooth (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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