tooth pad

noun

A (contiguous or segmented) patch or band, in the mouths of some fish, containing rows of teeth.

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Meanings

nountooth pad (plural tooth pads)

plural tooth pads · alternative tooth-pad · alternative toothpad

  1. A (contiguous or segmented) patch or band, in the mouths of some fish, containing rows of teeth.

    Teeth are concentrated on the tooth pads of the pharyngeal jaws. The pads become fused to the supporting endochondral bones, so that mechanical coupling is improved.

    2016, B. K. B. Berkovitz, R. P Shellis, The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates, →ISBN, page 49

Origin

From tooth + pad.

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