"Xiphius" is a word in ENGLISH
A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak,
usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper
jaw.
In grief, part of the pain comes from our feeling that we should not suffer so - that it is fundamentally alien to our being, this even though we all suffer, and frequently. Yet we reject suffering as a basic human truth, while greeting joy as integral to our very substance.
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A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family, peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the …
Read the complete definitionA fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along …
Read the complete definitionOne of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each …
Read the complete definitionAn order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed …
Read the complete definitionA peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be …
Read the complete definitionThe distal bone of the lower jaw in many animals, which may or may not bear teeth.
Read the complete definitionA vacant space, or gap, esp. between teeth in a jaw.
Read the complete definitionA genus of spinose, plectognath fishes, having the teeth of each jaw united into a single beaklike plate. They are …
Read the complete definitionA mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, …
Read the complete definitionA form of union or immovable articulation where a hard part is received into the cavity of a bone, as …
Read the complete definitionn. gum: the tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar parts of the jaw.
Read the complete definitionThe dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.
Read the complete definitionOne of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, …
Read the complete definitionA hoofed quadruped of the genus Equus; especially, the domestic horse (E. caballus), which was domesticated in Egypt and Asia …
Read the complete definitionOne of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw; an incisive tooth. See Tooth.
Read the complete definitionHence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
Read the complete definitionOne of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
Read the complete definitionAn eel-like marsipobranch of the genus Petromyzon, and allied genera. The lampreys have a round, sucking mouth, without jaws, but …
Read the complete definitionA genus of extinct mammals allied to the cats, and having in the upper jaw canine teeth of remarkable size …
Read the complete definitionHaving soft jaws without teeth, as certain fishes.
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