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snaggletooth

noun

Etymology

From snaggle + tooth.

  1. inherited from *h₃dónts✻
  2. inherited from *tanþs✻
  3. inherited from *tanþ✻
  4. inherited from tōþ
  5. inherited from tothe
  6. compounded as snaggletooth — “snaggle + tooth”

Definitions

  1. A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or broken.

  2. A predatory fish of the genus Astronesthes, so-called because of its teeth.

The neighborhood

Derived

snaggletoothed

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