Akademik

dogtooth

noun

1. one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

• Syn: ↑canine, ↑canine tooth, ↑eyetooth, ↑eye tooth, ↑cuspid

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cuspidal (for: ↑cuspid), ↑canine (for: ↑canine)

• Hypernyms: ↑tooth

• Hyponyms: ↑fang

2. perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated

• Syn: ↑dogtooth violet, ↑dog's-tooth violet

• Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant

• Hyponyms:

↑white dogtooth violet, ↑white dog's-tooth violet, ↑blonde lilian, ↑Erythronium albidum, ↑yellow adder's tongue, ↑trout lily, ↑amberbell, ↑Erythronium americanum, ↑European dogtooth, ↑Erythronium dens-canis, ↑fawn lily, ↑Erythronium californicum, ↑glacier lily, ↑snow lily, ↑Erythronium grandiflorum

• Member Holonyms: ↑Erythronium, ↑genus Erythronium

3. a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England

• Hypernyms: ↑architectural ornament

Useful english dictionary. 2012.