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toothed

adj
/tuːθt/

Etymology

From tooth + -ed.

  1. inherited from *h₃dónts✻
  2. inherited from *tanþs✻
  3. inherited from *tanþ✻
  4. inherited from tōþ
  5. inherited from tothe
  6. suffixed as toothed — “tooth + ed”

Definitions

  1. Having teeth.

    • The sperm whale is a toothed whale.

  2. Having projections resembling an animal's teeth.

    • A cog is a toothed wheel.

  3. Having teeth of the specified type.

    • A sharp-toothed rat.
    • A fine-toothed comb.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. simple past and past participle of tooth

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Derived

Baker's small-toothed harvest mouse, buck-toothed, fine-toothed, fine-toothed comb, gap-toothed, gate-toothed, gobber-toothed, large-toothed aspen, loose-toothed, red-toothed, red-toothed shrew, rough-toothed dolphin, saber-toothed, sabre-toothed, saw-toothed, scimitar-toothed, sharp-toothed, small-toothed palm civet, snaggle-toothed, snaggletoothed, spade-toothed whale, sweet-toothed, toothed jelly fungus, toothed jelly mushroom, toothed whale, yellow-toothed cavy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at toothed. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at toothed. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at toothed

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA