dogtooth

dogtooth

dog·tooth

D0325600 (dôg′to͞oth′, dŏg′-)n.1. A canine tooth; an eyetooth.2. Architecture A medieval ornament consisting of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised center.3. See houndstooth check.

dogtooth

(ˈdɒɡˌtuːθ) n, pl -teeth1. (Dentistry) another name for a canine³2. (Architecture) architect a carved ornament in the form of four leaflike projections radiating from a raised centre, used in England in the 13th century

dog•tooth

(ˈdɔgˌtuθ, ˈdɒg-)

n. 1. Also, dog′ tooth`. a canine tooth. 2. one of a series of small pyramidal ornaments, usu. formed by a radiating arrangement of four sculptured leaves, used esp. in 13th-century English architecture. [1545–55]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dogtooth - perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivateddog's-tooth violet, dogtooth violetliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuberErythronium, genus Erythronium - perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lilyblonde lilian, Erythronium albidum, white dog's-tooth violet, white dogtooth violet - North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriorsamberbell, Erythronium americanum, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue - eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiorsErythronium dens-canis, European dogtooth - sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers; cultivated in many varietiesErythronium californicum, fawn lily - California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tingedErythronium grandiflorum, glacier lily, snow lily - dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers
	2.	dogtooth - one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolarscanine, canine tooth, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetoothfang - canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its preytooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
	3.	dogtooth - a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century Englandarchitectural ornament - (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance

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