tooth pad

English

Etymology

tooth +‎ pad

Noun

tooth pad (plural tooth pads)

  1. A (contiguous or segmented) patch or band, in the mouths of some fish, containing rows of teeth.
    • 2016, B. K. B. Berkovitz, R. P Shellis, The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates, →ISBN, page 49:
      Teeth are concentrated on the tooth pads of the pharyngeal jaws. The pads become fused to the supporting endochondral bones, so that mechanical coupling is improved.

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