Meaning

noun hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

noun something resembling the tooth of an animal

noun toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Germanic *tanþs Proto-West Germanic *tanþ Old English tōþ Middle English toth English tooth From Middle English toth, tothe, tooth, from Old English tōþ, from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Doublet of dent, dens, tind, and…

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