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Adapted for cutting; of or pertaining to the incisors; incisive; as, the incisor nerve; an incisor foramen; an incisor tooth.

Having the quality of cutting; incisor; incisive.

heiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.

of butter; -- called also butter stamp. Locke. -- Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw. -- Butter tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the B. butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (B. Parki…

Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors. Canine appetite, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia. -- Canine letter, the letter r. See R. -- Canine madness, hydrophobia. -- Canine toth, a toth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developen in dogs; usually, t…

A fore tooth; an incisor. Ray.

der of mammals including the armadillos, sloths, and anteaters; -- called also Bruta. The incisor teeth are rarely developed, and in some groups all the teeth are lacking.

One of the teeth in the forepart of the mouth; an incisor.

Having the teeth differentiated into incisors, canines, and molars, as in man; -- opposed to homodont.

Asia at a very early period. It has six broad molars, on each side of each jaw, with six incisors, and two canine teeth, both above and below. The mares usually have the canine teeth rudimentary or wanting. The horse differs from the true asses, in having a long, flowing mane, and the tail bushy to the base. Unlike th…

Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.

A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.

g less complex molar teeth, and often a pair of lower, as well as upper, tusks, which are incisor teeth. The species were mostly larger than elephants, and their romains occur in nearly all parts of the world in deposits ranging from Miocene to late Quaternary time.

Any one of the teeth back of the incisors and canines. The molar which replace the deciduous or milk teeth are designated as premolars, and those which are not preceded by deciduous teeth are sometimes called true molars. See Tooth.

Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve.

A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.

Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs.

A division of marsupials in which there are more fore incisor teeth in each jaw.

of the upper jawbone; the intermaxilla. In man the premaxillæ become united and form the incisor part of the maxillary bone.

Having the incisor teeth directed forward.