blunt tooth

collocation in English

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blunt
adjective
uk
/blʌnt/us
/blʌnt/
A blunt pencil, knife, etc. is not sharp and therefore not able to write, cut, ...
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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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(Definition ofbluntandtoothfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A strongblunttoothis prominent on the columella just within the aperture and above the base of the shell.
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The broad columella is feebly arcuate and ends with ablunttooth.
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The columella has a prominent,blunttooth.
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It is suggested that because the health service commissioner has relatively blunt teeth, it is not conceivable that doctors would retire deliberately to avoid sanctions that are not very onerous.
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The flat, blunt teeth of the dogfish are used to crush and grind these prey items which have tough outer body coverings.
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The oblique columella is strongly plicate above, its edge nearly smooth and shows blunt teeth.
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This freshwater fish had very long, blunt teeth.
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Its blunt teeth are especially adapted for feeding on crustaceans.
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The head has a rounded snout and pointed, blunt teeth, especially on the roof of the mouth.
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They had blunt teeth and appear to be primarily herbivorious or omnivorious.
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The small, blunt teeth are set closely with a quincunx pattern, and stained orange to brown in adults.
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The large, blunt teeth have hexagonal crowns and are arranged in a quincunx pattern.
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It has no jaws and the mouth is surrounded by an oral plate with many small blunt teeth.
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Each has oval leaflets up to 3 centimeters long which are deeply cut into blunt teeth.
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Like other caseids, it lacked teeth in its lower jaw, and had blunt teeth in the upper jaw.
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The suckers of the arms possess blunt teeth.
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In addition, minute, blunt teeth were present on the palatine bones.
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In either jaw are 44102 rows of small, blunt teeth arranged in a quincunx pattern; the teeth are more numerous in adults.
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Females and juveniles have blunt teeth, while adult males have pointed, recurved teeth.
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It had numerous blunt teeth, and probably chased after invertebrate prey.
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