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canine tooth

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canine tooth
n.
Any of four teeth having a thick conical crown and a long conical root, adjacent to the distal surface of the lateral incisors, in both deciduous and permanent dentition. Also called cuspid.
canine tooth
see canine teeth.
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these fragments feature a long, pointed canine tooth that has the shape of known venom-delivery structures.
Killer bite: Ancient, tiny mammal probably used venom by Perkins, S. / Science News
For instance, one jaw piece retains a canine tooth that's smaller than the teeth of chimps but comparable to those of hominids that came after Sahelanthropus.
Untangling ancient roots: earliest hominid shows new, improved face by Bower, B. / Science News
For instance, a thin, flattened fossil tooth with a scoop-shaped inner surface resembles the lower canine tooth of today's strepsirrhines, they say.
Lemurs reveal clues to ancient Asian roots. (Science News of the week) by Bower, B. / Science News
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