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  • If the Labour leader sometimes appears at prime minister's question time as a grass-grazing ruminant, Mr. Balls is a red-toothed carnivore.

    Ed Balls's 1970s Flashback Rupert Darwall 2011

  • A review of the systematics and distribution of Chinese red-toothed shrews (Mammalia: Soricinae).

    The first new European mammal in 100 years? You must be joking Darren Naish 2006

  • A review of the systematics and distribution of Chinese red-toothed shrews (Mammalia: Soricinae).

    Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006

  • Or do we really want women to feel that they have no choice but to live a circumscribed life decided by red-toothed nature, while men are free to roam, and rule, the world?

    Why the Indiana bill bothers me 2005

  • Accompanied by a carousing Australian mate, he meets Miss Tahiti, visits the roughest bar in Alaska, and uncovers the secret behind the red-toothed warriors of Savage Island.

    Blue Latitudes: Summary and book reviews of Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz. 2002

  • Accompanied by a carousing Australian mate, he meets Miss Tahiti, visits the roughest bar in Alaska, and uncovers the secret behind the red-toothed warriors of Savage Island.

    Blue Latitudes: Summary and book reviews of Blue Latitudes by Tony Horwitz. 2002

  • Mundy judges that the moment is not yet ripe for him to confess that he once played roommate and batman to a red-toothed anarchist who stole his girl.

    Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003

  • His red-toothed jaws opened in a horrible yawn; his enormous nostrils were dilated, the broad daylight animated him, and gave him a terrible and impatient aspect, as if he would fain have leaped without to mingle with the star, the god, and together traverse the immensities.

    Salammbo 2003

  • Differences include color variations among their teeth (most noticeably in the aptly named white - and red-toothed shrews) and in the color of their fur, which ranges from red to brown to gray.

    O'Reilly News and Commentary 2010

  • Several types of musk shrews exist, including white - and red-toothed shrews, gray musk shrews, and red musk shrews.

    O'Reilly News and Commentary 2010

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