canine tooth

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Noun1.Canine tooth - one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolarscanine tooth - one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
fang - canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
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As the Count saw us, a horrible sort of snarl passed over his face, showing the eyeteeth long and pointed.
yet one of the biggest assets we have - and one many cities would give their eyeteeth for - is woefully neglected and underused.
Do not waste an opportunity that I would have given my eyeteeth to have had.
He said: "Villages across Scotland would give their eyeteeth to have a tie to such a globally-recognised name.
The North has a rival a the South a that is big and strong enough to absorb it, even when ruled by a president like Moon Jae-in, who is ready to give his eyeteeth for better inter-Korean ties.
People are fed up to their eyeteeth with louts being allowed to run amok causing havoc for locals, so seeing John's van appear at the scene will hopefully give them some peace of mind and lead to the disappearance of these louts.
cut my eyeteeth as a designer making hundreds of mood boards.
After centuries of disastrous infighting, over the last 70 years Europeans have seen no more major wars, steadily rising prosperity and a way of life that most of the world would give its eyeteeth for.
Many European countries would give their eyeteeth for the Philippine numbers.
The actor - who once said he'd give his "eyeteeth" to be in Corrie - then went for a screen test with Helen Worth, who plays Gail.
His sexual organ seems ridiculous to her as well as his intellectual condition, out of his body grows strange flesh, out of her body grow arrows and blood and big eyeteeth, symbols of her power to kill as well as to re-create, to bring into being what has already been dead.
The piano has eyeteeth. He's shedding layers, stoking the changes, handling the sweet, slow-burning keys.