fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
| tooth | a means of enforcement, the treaty had no teeth in it |
long-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus palustris | American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
sedge wren short-billed marsh wren
Cistothorus platensis | small American wren inhabiting wet sedgy meadows |
pigeon hawk
merlin
Falco columbarius | small falcon of Europe and America having dark plumage with black-barred tail, used in falconry |
hadrosaur
hadrosaurus
duck-billed dinosaur | any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet, may have been partly aquatic |
| pigeon | wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs |
pouter pigeon
pouter | one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out |
rock dove
rock pigeon
Columba livia | pale grey Eurasian pigeon having black-striped wings from which most domestic species are descended |
band-tailed pigeon
band-tail pigeon
bandtail
Columba fasciata | wild pigeon of western North America, often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon |
wood pigeon
ringdove cushat
Columba palumbus | Eurasian pigeon with white patches on wings and neck |
| domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
roller tumbler
tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
homing pigeon
homer | pigeon trained to return home |
| carrier pigeon | a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
passenger pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius | gregarious North American migratory pigeon now extinct |
black-billed cuckoo
Coccyzus erythropthalmus | North American cuckoo, builds a nest and rears its own young |
ivorybill
ivory-billed woodpecker
Campephilus principalis | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill, nearly extinct |
platypus
duckbill duckbilled platypus
duck-billed platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus | small densely furred aquatic monotreme of Australia and Tasmania having a broad bill and tail and webbed feet, only species in the family Ornithorhynchidae |
tooth shell
tusk shell | any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
bleeding tooth
Nerita peloronta | gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening, of the Caribbean area |
boatbill
boat-billed heron
broadbill Cochlearius cochlearius | tropical American heron related to night herons |
razorbill
razor-billed auk
Alca torda | black-and-white northern Atlantic auk having a compressed sharp-edged bill |
pigeon guillemot
Cepphus columba | northern Pacific guillemot |
thick-billed murre
Uria lomvia | a variety of murre |
pied-billed grebe
Podilymbus podiceps | American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill |
| tooth | toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell |
| clay pigeon | target used in skeet or trapshooting |
fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
houndstooth check
hound's-tooth check
dogstooth check
dogs-tooth check
dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
| loft pigeon loft | a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept |
| mouse-tooth forceps | a type of forceps |
| stool pigeon | a dummy pigeon used to decoy others |
| tooth | something resembling the tooth of an animal |
| tooth | one of a number of uniform projections on a gear |
tooth powder
toothpowder | a dentifrice in the form of a powder |
| tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates, used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense |
| carnassial tooth | the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore, having sharp edges for cutting flesh |
tooth socket
alveolus | a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth |
front tooth
anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth, his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors |
back tooth
posterior | a tooth situated at the back of the mouth |
| malposed tooth | a tooth that has grown in a faulty position |
permanent tooth
adult tooth | any of the teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age |
primary tooth
deciduous tooth
baby tooth
milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
canine
canine tooth
eyetooth
eye tooth
dogtooth
cuspid | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars |
| wisdom tooth | any of the last teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw, the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages and ) |
root
tooth root | the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
enamel
tooth enamel | hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth |
| sweet tooth | a strong appetite for sweet food |
cajan pea
pigeon pea
dahl | small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant |