bottom jaw

collocation in English

meaningsofbottomandjaw

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bottom
noun
uk
/ˈbɒt.əm/us
/ˈbɑː.t̬əm/
the lowest part ...
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jaw
noun
uk
/dʒɔː/us
/dʒɑː/
the lower part of your face that moves when you open ...
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(Definition ofbottomandjawfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Cattle have thirty-two teeth, including six incisors or biting teeth and two canines in the front on thebottomjaw.
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Incisor number 1,3,4 on thebottomjaware curved at the base, while incisor number 2 is straight.
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The top jaw has jagged, cusped teeth and thebottomjawhas comb-shaped teeth.
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Three barbels, one on thebottomjawand two on the snout, provide the fish with its common name.
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On mature specimens, thebottomjawmay protrude very slightly.
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The upper jaw teeth are in 36 rows and thebottomjawteeth are shaped similarly but in 32 rows.
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Banderbears have very large tusks growing out of thebottomjawof their mouth.
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Its upper jaw is longer than itsbottomjaw, and it reaches out longer than its eye.
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Cattle have six premolars and six molars on both top and bottom jaws for a total of twenty-four molars.
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The mouthguard also helps to lock the top and bottom jaws together preventing painful damage to the jaw joint capsule when a boxer is struck by a hook.
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