Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Chisel-shaped; having the character of a chisel-tooth; truncate at the end and beveled there to a sharp edge: specifically said of the incisor teeth of rodents, and the similar teeth of a few other mammals. See
chisel-tooth , and cut underGeomyidæ .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Shaped like a chisel.
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- adjective anatomy Shaped like a
chisel .
Etymologies
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Latin scalprum chisel, knife + -form.
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