snaggletooth

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English

Sleeping dog showing a visible snaggletooth
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Etymology

From snaggle +‎ tooth.

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snaggletooth (plural snaggleteeth or snaggletooths)

  1. (plural: snaggleteeth) A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or broken.
  2. (plural: snaggletooths) A predatory fish of the genus Astronesthes, so-called because of its teeth.

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