What is the meaning of teeth?

noun

  • The kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal.
  • Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense.
  • Something resembling the tooth of an animal.
  • Toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell.
  • A means of enforcement.
    • usage: "the treaty had no teeth in it"
  • One of a number of uniform projections on a gear.
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