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cuspid
[ kuhs-pid ]
noun
- (in humans) a tooth with a single projection point or elevation; canine.
cuspid
/ ˈʌɪ /
noun
- a tooth having one point; canine tooth
Other Word Forms
- ܱt·ܲp noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of cuspid1
Example Sentences
She importuned Fred to notice the blood on the cuspid and to imagine the agony surrounding its expulsion from her mouth.
She glued brackets to them, then attached those to what she’d called the “lateral” to the right, and the “upper left cuspid,” which is that tooth that looks like a fang.
Considering these stages of development, the grading from the cuspid to the bicuspid forms was more gradual in the earlier species than in the later, where the individual teeth have taken on special development.
We have known of cases where cuspids, bicuspids, and molars have all been extracted.
The incisors, cuspids, and bicuspids, have each but one root.
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