tooth mark

collocation in English

meaningsoftoothandmark

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tooth
noun
uk
/tuːθ/us
/tuːθ/
one of the hard, white objects in the mouth that are used for biting and chewing (= ...
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mark
noun
uk
/mɑːk/us
/mɑːrk/
a small area on the surface of something that is damaged, dirty, or different in ...
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(Definition oftoothandmarkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftooth mark

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Due to the consistency intoothmarksize and hole appearance, all endocarps with centred holes were assumed to have been made by agoutis.
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It was a flesh wound, atoothmark, in the shoulder of the hare.
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The size of agouti tooth marks was larger than that on the squirrel-gnawed endocarps, and matched the tooth size on the skull of an adult agouti from the study site.
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No clean breaks were believed to have been caused by dogs (where tooth marks were evident).
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They are characterized by fang and tooth marks and the absence of injected venom.
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A series of parallel ridges on one of the specimen's dentaries may represent tooth marks.
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Authors pointed out in the original article, however, that the fetal skull has no tooth marks.
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Tyrannosaurid bones with tooth marks represent about 2% of known fossils with preserved tooth marks.
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This analysis also noted the absence of tooth marks on the bones as would be expected in defleshing, and the absence of expected pitting by stomach acids.
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The tooth marks were identified in the humerus, foot bones and metatarsals, and this was seen as evidence for opportunistic scavenging, rather than wounds caused by intraspecific combat.
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Tooth marks on this skeleton indicate that large carnivorous dinosaurs had fed on the carcass and possibly had carried away the now missing parts.
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