tooth comb
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of toothcomb.
Example Sentences
- "Mr. John Oxley Parker exhibited the following miscellaneous objects found at Othona (Bradwell-juxta-Mare), [...] two pieces of Roman tooth combs, [...]"
- "Queer thing, isn't it, that all the pretty things that please one are all irretrievably wrong, and everything that sets one's teeth on edge, and scratches through one's brain like a metallic tooth comb, are all scientifically exquisite."
- "There is no reason to doubt that the tooth comb is homologous in all the lemuriforms. The term tooth comb has recently been replaced by Martin (1972) with the concept of "tooth scraper," and he has stated that, although most living species of strepsirhines use their tooth combs for grooming, this is a secondary function."
- "Jeremy Purseglove went through the tables with a tooth comb, which helped no end with ecology and naming; [...]"