diastema

(or "diastema" as it is called) between the four front teeth or incisors of the upper jaw and the upper canine -- which allows the lower canine to fit in front of the upper canine when the jaw is closed.

More Science From an Easy Chair 1888

'diastema', in both jaws: in front of the eye-tooth, or between it and the outer incisor, in the upper jaw; behind the eyetooth, or between it and the front false molar, in the lower jaw.

On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

'diastema', in both jaws: in front of the eye-tooth, or between it and the outer incisor, in the upper jaw; behind the eyetooth, or between it and the front false molar, in the lower jaw.

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

Reptiles and amphibians include Morelet's crocodile Crocodylus moreletii (DD), the central American river turtle Dermatemys mawii (EN), Claudius angustatus, nine families of amphibian and six genera of turtles, as well as 38 species of non-poisonous and poisonous snakes including coral snake Micrurus diastema sapperi, four species of Bothrops and two sub-species of rattlesnake Crotalus.

Tikal National Park, Guatemala 2008

In Sinornithosaurus, a diastema separates the premaxillary teeth from the maxillary teeth, and the premaxillary teeth appear notably shorter than the maxillary ones (Xu & Wu 2001).

The war on parasites: an oviraptorosaur’s eye view Darren Naish 2006

In Sinornithosaurus, a diastema separates the premaxillary teeth from the maxillary teeth, and the premaxillary teeth appear notably shorter than the maxillary ones (Xu & Wu 2001).

Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006

In such a genus as ‘Cebus’, for example (Fig. 17), it will be found that while in some secondary points, such as the projection of the canines and the diastema, the resemblance to the great ape is preserved; in other and most important respects, the dentition is extremely different.

Essays 2007

They have a pair of incisor teeth in the upper and lower jaws, separated from the molars by a large gap (diastema).

11. Rodent pests 1996

In such a genus as 'Cebus', for example (Fig. 17), it will be found that while in some secondary points, such as the projection of the canines and the diastema, the resemblance to the great ape is preserved; in other and most important respects, the dentition is extremely different.

On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals Thomas Henry Huxley 1860

In such a genus as 'Cebus', for example (Figure 17), it will be found that while in some secondary points, such as the projection of the canines and the diastema, the resemblance to the great ape is preserved; in other and most important respects, the dentition is extremely different.

Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860