Eyetooth

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• Eyetooth — An upper canine tooth (an upper tooth immediately lateral to the second incisor). The eyetooth is indisputably a tooth but it has nothing whatsoever to do with the eye. It was named the eyetooth in the mistaken belief that it was connected to a… …   Medical dictionary

• eyetooth — глазной зуб …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• eyetooth — eye tooth 1> анат. верхний клык, глазной зуб Id: to cut one s eye teth, to have one s eye teeth cut приобрести жизненный опыт, войти в разум; стать взрослым Id: to draw smb. s eye teeth сбить спесь с кого л. Id: to give one s eye teeth for smth.… …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• eyetooth — noun Date: circa 1545 a canine tooth of the upper jaw …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• eyetooth — /uy toohth /, n., pl. eyeteeth / teeth /. 1. Dentistry. a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye. 2. cut one s eyeteeth, a. to gain sophistication or experience; become worldly wise. b. Also, cut one s eyeteeth on …   Universalium

• eyetooth — noun a canine tooth of the upper jaw …   Wiktionary

• dogtooth — noun Date: 1552 1. canine 1, eyetooth 2. an architectural ornament common in early English Gothic consisting usually of four leaves radiating from a raised point at the center 3. chiefly British houndstooth …   New Collegiate Dictionary



• Eothyrididae — Taxobox name = Eothyrididae fossil range = Early Permian image width = 250px image caption = life restoration of Eothyris parkeyi , body shape is conjectural since only the skull is known regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata …   Wikipedia