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TUSKS |
Long teeth |
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REDCAP |
A specter having long teeth, popularly supposed to haunt
old castles in Scotland. |
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TUSH |
A long, pointed tooth; a tusk; -- applied especially to
certain teeth of horses. |
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TUSK |
One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild
boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth. |
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PTENOGLOSSA |
A division of gastropod mollusks having the teeth
of the radula arranged in long transverse rows, somewhat like the barbs
of a feather. |
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AYE-AYE |
A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs,
found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its
long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth. |
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XIPHIUS |
A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak,
usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper
jaw. |
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RHIPIDOGLOSSA |
A division of gastropod mollusks having a large
number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse
row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix. |
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ZEUGLODON |
A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have
been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender
bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia. |
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HATCHEL |
An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for
cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of
large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle. |
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ARCHAEOPTERYX |
A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable
for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along
each side, and jaws arm... |
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TAENIOGLOSSA |
An extensive division of gastropod mollusks in
which the odontophore is long and narrow, and usually bears seven rows
of teeth. It includes a l... |
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FANG |
The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and
held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile,
venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider. |
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TAIT |
...al (Tarsipes
rostratus) about the size of a mouse. It has a long muzzle, a long
tongue, and very few teeth, and feeds upon honey and insects. Ca... |
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TWILLY |
A machine for cleansing or loosening wool by the action of
a revolving cylinder covered with long iron spikes or teeth; a willy or
willying mac... |
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RAKE |
An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a
long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other
light things... |
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TOXODONTA |
... American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and
provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both
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SLOTH |
... constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They
have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are
fur... |
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SWORDFISH |
...only
representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food
fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long,
... |
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HORSE |
...horse
differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the
tail bushy to the base. Unlike the asses it has callosities, or
ch... |