incisor
noun
in·ci·sor
in-ˈsī-zər 
: a front tooth typically adapted for cutting
especially
: one of the cutting teeth in mammals located between the canines when canines are present see tooth illustration
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And sometimes a goy has Hebrew letters on the back of his incisors.
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
Their upper and lower incisors can grow about a sixteenth of an inch each week.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
And dog reality is nodding weeds and bleak ramps and gleaming incisors and shudderingly braking cop cars and you, standing there turning your head this way and that, being experienced on the dog level.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
Take Zendaya, whose charmingly uneven incisors are a testament to the power that comes from not bowing to the caprices of fashion.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 May 2024
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
Their upper and lower incisors can grow about a sixteenth of an inch each week.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
And dog reality is nodding weeds and bleak ramps and gleaming incisors and shudderingly braking cop cars and you, standing there turning your head this way and that, being experienced on the dog level.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
Take Zendaya, whose charmingly uneven incisors are a testament to the power that comes from not bowing to the caprices of fashion.
—Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 May 2024
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“Incisor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incisor. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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incisor
noun
in·ci·sor
in-ˈsī-zər
: a front tooth for cutting
especially
: one of the cutting teeth between the canines of a mammal
Medical Definition
incisor
noun
in·ci·sor
in-ˈsī-zər
: a front tooth adapted for cutting
especially
: any of the eight cutting human teeth that are located between the canines with four in the lower and four in the upper jaw
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