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incisor
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Word definitions for incisor in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incisor \In*ci"sor\, a. Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A sweet chestnut lay close by, its glossiness marred by decisive incisor scratch marks. ▪ Gently knock the object against an incisor . ▪ He laughed, revealing powerful white incisors. ▪ In contrast to this, the digestion of upper ...
Usage examples of incisor.
Its huge jaws writhe and snap, its tongue slings spit and foam over its flashing incisors, its eyes strain white and berserk in its black, Cerberean skull.
The strata yielding the incisors gave a probable paleomagnetic date of 1.
TECHNICIAN Hmmm, you do have such a lot of tarter behind these front incisors.
Dentition approaches the next genus, there being only one pair of unicuspidate upper incisors placed, one by each upper canine.
Most important would be our canines, which are situated between the lateral incisor and the first premolar on each side of each jaw.
For a brief moment his lips drew back in a silent snarl, and he felt his incisors lengthen in hunger.
His lengthened incisors were exposed, and when the door opened just a crack, the dim light from the hall turned his eyes a fiery bloodred.
He bent closer, his incisors lengthening as he neared the pulse beating strongly in the neck.
He felt his incisors lengthening, and he turned his head away from the temptation of her soft skin, vulnerable and exposed to him.
Byron showed his gleaming white teeth, his incisors slightly prominent as if he could take a bite out of his nephew.
Byron knew he was on the edge of control, his incisors already lengthening, so he had to be careful as he suckled and teased her nipples into hard peaks.
They had ratlike incisors, and a humble verminous look compared to Noth and his family, their black-and-white fur patchy and filthy.
But the rodents, with their ferocious, ever-growing incisors, could break through the toughest nut and grain seed coats.
Capo had large incisors for biting, necessary for fruit, whereas his molars were small.
They had side teeth like shears that could slice through skin, rip it aside, and get inside a body, where their incisors could nibble at the flesh.