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adj
Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a baby tooth, or an adult who has lost a permanent tooth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adjective satellite
having widely spaced teeth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
From Middle English gap tothed, gapt tothed (also gaptothe), alteration of earlier gat-tothed (literally “gate-toothed”), equivalent to gap + toothed.
Across languages
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