bitewing

[ bahyt-wing ]

nounDentistry.
  1. a holder for x-ray film with a projecting fin that is held between the teeth so as to show the crowns of the upper and lower teeth in one picture.

Origin of bitewing

1
First recorded in 1935–40; bite + wing

Words Nearby bitewing

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