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sharp-toothed

sharp-toothed adjective: of an animal, possessing sharp teeth.

Adjective

sharp-toothed (comparative sharper-toothed, superlative sharpest-toothed)

  1. Of an animal, possessing sharp teeth.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) Of a person or idea, fierce, biting, or scathing.

Forms of sharp-toothed

comparativesharper-toothed
superlativesharpest-toothed

Questions about sharp-toothed

What does sharp-toothed mean?
Sharp-toothed means of an animal, possessing sharp teeth.
What part of speech is sharp-toothed?
Sharp-toothed is an adjective.

Words near sharp-toothed in the dictionary

  1. sharp-tailed sparrows
  2. sharp-tailed streamcreeper
  3. sharp-tailed streamcreepers
  4. sharp-taileds
  5. sharp-tongued
  6. sharp-toothed
  7. sharp-witted
  8. sharpbill
  9. sharpbills
  10. sharpchin
  11. sharpchin flyingfish

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