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scissor bite

noun

Etymology

From scissors + bite. From the teeth positioning overlapping like scissors, between the outward upper teeth and the inward lower teeth.

  1. derived from *bʰeyd-✻
  2. inherited from *bītaną✻
  3. inherited from *bītan✻
  4. inherited from bītan
  5. inherited from biten
  6. compounded as scissor bite — “scissors + bite”

Definitions

  1. A slight overbite.

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