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incisor

[in-sahy-zer] / ɪnˈsaɪ zər /


NOUN
tusk
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Based on the emergence of its baby incisor teeth, researchers estimate the cub was about 3 weeks old when it died.

From Science Magazine Nov. 15, 2024

To learn more about the composition of rodent tooth enamel, Vesna Srot and colleagues captured high-resolution images of incisor specimens from several species.

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2024

For many Angelenos, it’s lowriders, gleaming fronts on our canine and incisor teeth, a purse cast in sterling silver.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 18, 2023

The researchers solved the mystery by analyzing a molar and an incisor - detecting the presence of a gene regulating a certain enamel-forming protein to reveal it was a woman.

From Reuters Jul. 6, 2023

Beatrice made a chimpanzee face and pointed at a sharp stump where one of her incisor teeth used to be.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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

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

From Salon May 11, 2025

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

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2024

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

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2024

Her dentures were very bright; there was a smear of grape jelly on one of her fake incisors.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo




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