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How to pronounce cuspid in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms canine, canine tooth, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth
Type of tooth
Has types fang
Derivation cuspidal

Examples of cuspid

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The petals have the form of the pointed conical canine tooth, eye tooth or cuspid.
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I wonder why such decisions come at the cuspid of election time.
From the economist.com
Cuspid has the longest pulp with elliptical cross section.
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Even as many financially strapped families are cutting back on extras, the tooth fairy's cash-for-cuspid swap apparently hasn't slowed.
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Even as many financially strapped families are cutting back on extras, the Tooth Fairy's cash-for-cuspid swap apparently hasn't slowed.
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Ninety-four percent of children 10 and younger get a visit from the cuspid collector, receiving an average of $3 per tooth, a recent Visa Inc. survey finds.
From the bostonherald.com
More examples
  • Canine: one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
  • In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dogteeth, fangs, or (in the case of those of the upper jaw) eye teeth, are relatively long, pointed teeth. However, they can appear more flattened, causing them to resemble incisors and leading them to be called incisiform. ...
  • A tooth with a single cusp; a canine
  • (Cuspids) Front teeth that typically have a protruding edge.
  • Cuspids are the four eye teeth which are normally longer that the other teeth in the front.
  • Also known as a "canine", this protruding or pointy tooth is used to tear ingested food into pieces.
  • The third tooth from the center of the mouth. These are part of the anterior group. Also known as a canine tooth.
  • The pointy teeth just behind the laterals, also known as canines.
  • A sharp, pointed tooth used for tearing food; located between the first bicuspid and the lateral incisor.