U2 Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Chew (v.)

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To crush (food) with the teeth

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Carnivore (n.)

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A mammal with teeth adapted for flesh eating (pl. carnivora)

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Canine (n.)

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A conical pointed tooth (between the incisors and the first premolar)

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Constant (adj.)

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Happening all the time

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Deciduous (adj.)

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A baby (or milk) teeth

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Determine (v.)

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To fix or decide something

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Diet (n.)

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Food and drink regularly provided

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Diphyodont (adj.)

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Marked by the successive development of deciduous and permanent set of teeth

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Distinctive (qdj.)

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Clearly different from others

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Eruption (n.)

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The process of breaking out (v. To erupt)

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Feature (n.)

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A noticeable part of something

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Fossil (n.)

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A hardened part of am animal or plant of long ago

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Gnaw (v.)

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To keep biting (something hard)

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Grind (v.)

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To change to small fragments

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Gum (n.)

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The tissue that surrounds the necks of teeth and covers the alveolar part of the jaws

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Harbivore (n.)

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A plant-eating animal

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Identify (v.)

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Recognise / say what something is

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Infant (n.)

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A child in the first year of life

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Incisor (n.)

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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

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Jaw (n.)

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Either of the bony structures that border the mouth

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Mammal (n.)

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Any of the vertebrate animals

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Mandible (n.)

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Maxilla (n.)

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Mash (v.)

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To crush into a soft substance

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Molar (n.)
A tooth with rounded or flattened surface adapted for grinding
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Monophyodont (adj.)
Having but one set of teeth of which none are replaced at a later stage of growth
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Neck of tooth (n.)
The part of the tooth between the crown and the root
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Neonatal (adj.)
Relating to the newborn especially during the first month after birth
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Omnivore (n.)
That who or which eat both animal and plant matter (adj.= omnivorous)
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Palaeontology (n.)
The science that deals with life on earth in earlier times
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Permanent (adj.(
Lasting for a long time or forever
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Pig (n.)
A fat animal (rodent) with short legs
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Polyphyodont (adj.)
Having several or many set of teeth in succession
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Rodent (n.)
An animal with sharp front teeth
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Scrape (v.)
To remove (material) from a surface by pulling or pushing an edge firmly across it
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Species (n.)
(Singular) a particular kind or category (pl. species)
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Tear (v.)
To pull something into pieces by force
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Vertebrate (n.)
A milk producing animal with a spinal cord
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Visible (adj.)
Can be seen
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Vole (n.)
A small animal of a rat or mouse family, which lives in the fields and woods