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molar

noun as in chopper

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noun as in tooth

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The one molar she had left had no chewing surface, she said, meaning she could only eat soft food.

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Consider the infamous brown rats of New York City, which have evolved longer noses and shorter upper molar tooth rows, the better to enjoy the Big Apple's colder weather and higher-quality food.

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

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In 1832, Darwin uncovered molar teeth belonging to Toxodon, and the following year he discovered a skull belonging to the creature in Uruguay.

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Like Idaho, Tennessee bans abortions at all stages of pregnancy but there are exemptions in cases of molar pregnancies, ectopic pregnancies, and to remove a miscarriage or to save the life of the mother.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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