cuspid
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- multicuspid noun
Etymology
Origin of cuspid
1735–45; < Latin cuspid- (stem of cuspis ) point
Example Sentences
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She importuned Fred to notice the blood on the cuspid and to imagine the agony surrounding its expulsion from her mouth.
From Washington Post
She glued brackets to them, then attached those to what she’d called the “lateral” to the right, and the “upper left cuspid,” which is that tooth that looks like a fang.
From Literature
Of the 34, in about 33⅓ per cent., the molars, incisors, cuspids and bicuspids were present; 96 per cent. of these had small teeth.
From Project Gutenberg
We have known of cases where cuspids, bicuspids, and molars have all been extracted.
From Project Gutenberg
The incisors, cuspids, and bicuspids, have each but one root.
From Project Gutenberg
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