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- noun Plural form of
bicuspid .
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Examples
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Instead, the team suggests that A. africanus might have used enlarged premolars, also known as bicuspids, and a structurally reinforced face to crack open and ingest large, hard nuts and seeds during periods when preferred, softer foods were in short supply.
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Ron Chernow describes this dental hell in "Washington," and rarely have missing bicuspids been used to such effect.
Ron Chernow's "Washington," reviewed by T.J. Stiles Post 2010
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Dwayne Johnson is The Tooth Fairy, also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids.
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That's five cents a brushing, straight through the 2012 Final Four, if you skip the bicuspids
Resolutions for Gradual Improvement: Peter Jeffrey 2011
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Dwayne Johnson is The Tooth Fairy, also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids.
Dwayne Johnson and Julie Andrews Interview TOOTH FAIRY – Collider.com 2010
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Ron Chernow describes this dental hell in "Washington," and rarely have missing bicuspids been used to such effect.
Ron Chernow's "Washington," reviewed by T.J. Stiles T.J. Stiles 2010
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Sooner or later, she said, I would lose one of my two wobbly first bicuspids—and when that happened, she would recommend an implant, because my adjacent teeth were a bit wobbly as well and not the best candidates to hang a bridge on.
In the Fullness of Time Emily W. Upham 2010
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Note to self: Do not trash-talk Strasburg's fastball -- missing two bicuspids, lookin 'like the Caps' goalie!
Style Invitational Week 878: Making the country more secure (not), plus Facebook status lines 2010
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Hell he's the American media's Lay Di - by the time they are done with him I fully expect to know his waistband size and wether or not he's in possession of all his bicuspids.
Obama "is not a messiah and does not act or speak like one. He's a traditionalist in many ways." Ann Althouse 2009
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Dwayne Johnson is “The Tooth Fairy,” also known as Derek Thompson, a hard-charging minor league hockey player whose nickname comes from his habit of separating opposing players from their bicuspids.
LOL: Tooth Fairy Poster Warns “The Tooth Hurts” | /Film 2009
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