incisors

1. The sharp teeth at the front of the mouth (four on the top and four on the bottom) that are specialized for cutting. (Compare molars.)

Example Sentences

Her mouth hung open in a leering smile, and her teeth were large and razor sharp, with a prominent set of gleaming white incisors.

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And they have tiny, mostly useless little eyes, no ears, and a pair of huge incisors like a mastodon's tusks.

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Previously, researchers suggested that this iron-rich material was also responsible for the striking orange to brown color of many rodents' incisors.

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Their large mouths, which can open up to 180 degrees, reveal large canines and incisors used primarily for defense.

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When the singer and songwriter Adrianne Lenker was 21, she was involved in a bike accident that knocked out one of her incisors.

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