Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling a tooth; odontoid; like a tooth in situation, form, or function: as, tooth-like projections.
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Examples
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The tooth-like prickles extend from the tip of the snout to the end of their tail, and offer protection against minute parasites and hungry predators (when mature there are none).
Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Dentils, which are sometimes called denticles, are tooth-like devices near the edge.
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The tooth-like prickles extend from the tip of the snout to the end of their tail, and offer protection against minute parasites and hungry predators (when mature there are none).
Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Dentils, which are sometimes called denticles, are tooth-like devices near the edge.
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Permanent crown implanted and aging filling re-excavated and topped off with tooth-like material.
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Yet another approach involves patterning materials after the tooth-like ridges of sharkskin.
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The gravestones turned white and seemed to be edged with silver; they hovered, tooth-like amid the ivy.
Her Fearful Symmetry AUDREY NIFFENEGGER 2009
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These mountain ranges often have a tilted, tooth-like appearance: Mt. Rundle in Banff and Roche Miette in Jasper Parks are characteristic.
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They employ their radula, a tongue-shaped structure with many tiny tooth-like projections to scrape food from surfaces.
Mollusca 2007
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The sun was just setting: the tooth-like peaks of Mauna Kea, cold and snow slashed, which were blushing red, the next minute turned ghastly against a chilly sky, and with the disappearance of the sun it became severely cold; yet we were able to remain there till 9.30, the first people to whom such a thing has been possible, so supremely favoured were we by the absence of wind.
The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004
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