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small-toothed

small-toothed

1 6.1
Having small teeth
  • adjective
: de dientes pequeños
  • The small-toothed shrew is well adapted to hunting insects.

Examples

  • Scientists studied the jaw structure of a small-toothed whale.

  • A small-toothed comb is ideal for delicate hair.

  • Look at that small-toothed animal in the garden!

  • What a small-toothed creature!

  • A small-toothed comb is ideal for delicate hair.

  • The small-toothed shrew is well adapted to hunting insects.

  • Scientists studied the jaw structure of a small-toothed whale.

Synonyms

fine-toothed
vssmall-toothed
3 5.0

With many very small teeth close together, like a comb or saw

means having small teeth without implying thinness or close spacing

How Sharp-Toothed

fanged
3 5.8
fangless
1 3.9
small-toothed
1 6.1
toothless
20 2.4

Surface Forms

small-toothed positive

Morphology

small-toothed = small + toothed (transparent) = small + tooth + ed

The compound pairs 'small' with the adjectival form 'toothed' (tooth + -ed), yielding the straightforward meaning 'having small teeth'.

Etymology

Small-toothed is made of two simple English words: small ('little') and tooth ('tooth'), as in toothbrush. So, small-toothed means 'having small teeth', like a comb with very fine teeth or an animal with tiny teeth.