Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the cardinal teeth of a bivalve mollusk, entering into the hinge of the valves. See cut under
bivalve .
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Examples
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The shell is attached to other bodies by its left umbo; hinge-tooth of the free valve thick, curved, and received between the teeth of the other valve.
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