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molars

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The teeth with broad surfaces at the back of the mouth that serve to grind food. Including the wisdom teeth, adults have twelve molars — six on the top and six on the bottom. (Compare incisors and canines.)

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Another clue is the presence of pronounced canines that separate one set of teeth from another—the incisors from the bicuspids and molars, for instance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

That’s when she brought up the dentist she’d seen a few years earlier to get her molars pulled.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

Resident zoo vet, Charlotte Bentley said the teeth that they operated on were "highly specialised and sharp molars".

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

They concluded they had a new species, Kenyanthropus platyops, with a flatter face and smaller molars than Lucy’s species—traits suggesting it was intermediate between Lucy and Homo.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 3, 2024

Enlisting the aid of the beaver’s highly capable molars, the badger left him gnawing away at a yew sapling in the orchard while she went off to find an arrow that would fit her brainchild.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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