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teeth

/tiθ/
/tiθ/
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Your teeth are the pearly white things in your mouth that show when you smile. Don't forget to brush your teeth before bed. (You should also floss, while you're at it.)

Many animals have teeth, from herbivores like cows to carnivores like wolves and lions that use their sharp teeth to tear meat (as well as for hunting and to defend themselves). Humans get two full sets of teeth in their lifetime — first baby teeth that fall out and then the adult teeth that replace them. Other animals, like sharks, regularly grow new sets to replace worn teeth.

Definitions of teeth
  1. noun
    the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
    synonyms: dentition
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    types:
    primary dentition
    dentition of deciduous teeth
    secondary dentition
    dentition of permanent teeth
    type of:
    set
    a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
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