Meanings
plural eyeteeth · alternative eye tooth · alternative eye-tooth
- A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.
the Cutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root
1691, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC1 more example
She called us by all our names, and when she grinned she revealed two minute gold prongs clipped to her eyeteeth.
1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From eye + tooth, so called because of their position directly below the eyes.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish raateluhammas
- raateluhammascanine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth
German Augenzahn
- Augenzahncanine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth
Latvian acuzobs
- acuzobscanine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth
Māori niho kata, niho rei
- niho katacanine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth
- niho reicanine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth
Polish kieł
- kiełcanine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth
Yiddish אויגנצאָן
- אויגנצאָן (oygntson)canine tooth of the upper jaw — see also canine tooth
Cite this entry
eyetooth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eyetooth
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