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CUSPID

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

Synonyms:

canine; canine tooth; cuspid; dogtooth; eye tooth; eyetooth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("cuspid" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cuspid"):

fang (canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey)

Derivation:

cuspidal (having cusps or points)

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