palatine toothn.Zoology(a) any of the teeth borne on the palatine bone in certain fishes, amphibians, and reptiles;(b) (in wider sense) = palatal toothn. at palataladj. and n. Compounds.
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1828 J. StarkElements Nat. Hist. I. 354Anguis,..no palatine teeth.
1983 A. O. EppleAmphibians of New Eng. 2 Most species also have some backward-slanting teeth, called the palatine teeth, on the roof of the mouth.