U2 Flashcards
Chew (v.)
To crush (food) with the teeth
Carnivore (n.)
A mammal with teeth adapted for flesh eating (pl. carnivora)
Canine (n.)
A conical pointed tooth (between the incisors and the first premolar)
Constant (adj.)
Happening all the time
Deciduous (adj.)
A baby (or milk) teeth
Determine (v.)
To fix or decide something
Diet (n.)
Food and drink regularly provided
Diphyodont (adj.)
Marked by the successive development of deciduous and permanent set of teeth
Distinctive (qdj.)
Clearly different from others
Eruption (n.)
The process of breaking out (v. To erupt)
Feature (n.)
A noticeable part of something
Fossil (n.)
A hardened part of am animal or plant of long ago
Gnaw (v.)
To keep biting (something hard)
Grind (v.)
To change to small fragments
Gum (n.)
The tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar part of the jaws
Harbivore (n.)
A plant-eating animal
Identify (v.)
Recognise / say what something is
Infant (n.)
A child in the first year of life
Incisor (n.)
A front tooth adapted for cutting; esp. Any of the eight cutting teeth that are located between the canines with four in the lower an four in the upper jaw
Jaw (n.)
Either of the bony structures that border the mouth
Mammal (n.)
Any of the vertebrate animals
Mandible (n.)
Lower jaw
Maxilla (n.)
Upper jaw
Mash (v.)
To crush into a soft substance
Molar (n.)
A tooth with rounded or flattened surface adapted for grinding
Monophyodont (adj.)
Having but one set of teeth of which none are replaced at a later stage of growth
Neck of tooth (n.)
The part of the tooth between the crown and the root
Neonatal (adj.)
Relating to the newborn especially during the first month after birth
Omnivore (n.)
That who or which eat both animal and plant matter (adj.= omnivorous)
Palaeontology (n.)
The science that deals with life on earth in earlier times
Permanent (adj.(
Lasting for a long time or forever
Pig (n.)
A fat animal (rodent) with short legs
Polyphyodont (adj.)
Having several or many set of teeth in succession
Rodent (n.)
An animal with sharp front teeth
Scrape (v.)
To remove (material) from a surface by pulling or pushing an edge firmly across it
Species (n.)
(Singular) a particular kind or category (pl. species)
Tear (v.)
To pull something into pieces by force
Vertebrate (n.)
A milk producing animal with a spinal cord
Visible (adj.)
Can be seen
Vole (n.)
A small animal of a rat or mouse family, which lives in the fields and woods
