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red-toothed

red-toothed adjective: of an animal, having a reddish enamel at the tips of the teeth.

Adjective

red-toothed

  1. Of an animal, having a reddish enamel at the tips of the teeth.
  2. (figuratively, literary, uncommon) Predatory and voracious.
    • to the guidance of his friend Rownaa, son and heir of the red-toothed monarch already described.1839, “Coulter's Cruise”, in Blackwood's Magazine, Fishing Excerpts, volume 3, page 330
    • The reason why, with hunger unstaunched, you have left your quarry behind; Red-toothed, red-mawed, foregone your meal! Sir Wolf, we'll know your mind!”1896, Emily Henrietta Hickey, Poems, page 17

Origin of red-toothed

From red + toothed.

Phrases with red-toothed

Questions about red-toothed

What does red-toothed mean?
Red-toothed means of an animal, having a reddish enamel at the tips of the teeth.
What part of speech is red-toothed?
Red-toothed is an adjective.

Words near red-toothed in the dictionary

  1. red-throated thrushes
  2. red-throated tit
  3. red-throated tits
  4. red-throats
  5. red-to-red
  6. red-toothed
  7. red-toothed shrew
  8. red-toothed shrews
  9. red-top
  10. red-tops
  11. red-up

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