diastema

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In such a genus as 'Cebus', for example (Figure 17), it will be found that while in some secondary points, such as the projection of the canines and the diastema, the resemblance to the great ape is preserved; in other and most important respects, the dentition is extremely different.

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  1. noun A gap or space between two teeth.

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  • The teeth of the Gorilla, on the contrary, exhibit a break, or interval, termed the 'diastema', in both jaws: in front of the eye-tooth, or between it and the outer incisor, in the upper jaw; behind the eyetooth, or between it and the front false molar, in the lower jaw. —  Lectures and Essays
  • In such a genus as 'Cebus', for example (Figure 17), it will be found that while in some secondary points, such as the projection of the canines and the diastema, the resemblance to the great ape is preserved; in other and most important respects, the dentition is extremely different. —  Lectures and Essays
  • The diastema between the premaxilla and maxilla is kinked as in coelophysoids, and the nasal is somewhat retracted. —  ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • 17), it will be found that while in some secondary points, such as the projection of the canines and the diastema, the resemblance to the great ape is preserved; in other and most important respects, the dentition is extremely different. —  On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals
  • In such a genus as 'Cebus', for example (Fig. 17), it will be found that while in some secondary points, such as the projection of the canines and the diastema, the resemblance to the great ape is preserved; in other and most important respects, the dentition is extremely different. —  On the Relations of Man to the Lower Animals
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  1. Late Latin diastēma, interval, from Greek, from diistanai, diastē-, to separate; see diastasis.

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  1. Late Latin, an interval, especially in music, from Greek διἀστημα, an interval, difference, from difference, from διαστῆναι, separate: see diastasis.
 

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