dentition
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Imagine a walrus-like creature with dentition remarkably similar to modern walruses: A quartet of post-canine teeth, a large lower canine tooth and a short, fused vertical midline on their lower jaw.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024
Using the novel technique, the research team tried to determine the closest fit of the teeth's appearance to other dinosaurs with well-known dentition.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024
In a study published Thursday in Science, researchers posit that Tyrannosaurs and related dinosaurs kept their dagger-like dentition hidden behind lip-like tissue.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
Corpus Christi A young man recently released from dentition passes himself off as a parish priest in a small village in this Academy Award-nominated drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2020
Obesity or lipomatosis is a nutritive expression of degeneracy especially noticeable in the second dentition, at puberty, and sometimes at the climacteric.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
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