Dogtooth Grouper
Dogtooth or dog tooth may refer to: * Dogtooth (anatomy), a relatively long, pointed tooth * Dogtooth, North Dakota, United States * ''Dogtooth'' (film), a 2009 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos * Dog-tooth, an ornament found in medieval architecture * Dogtooth spar, a mineral deposit found in limestone caves * Dogtooth tuna, a species of pelagic marine fish * Dog's-tooth violet, a plant in the lily family * Dogtooth extension, a type of leading-edge extension on the wing of an aircraft * Dog teeth, locking features of the dog clutch in unsynchronized manual transmissions See also * Houndstooth Houndstooth, hounds tooth check or hound's tooth (and similar spellings), also known as dogstooth, dogtooth, dog's tooth, (), (), is a duotone textile pattern characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, traditionally in black ...

Dogtooth (anatomy)
In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dog teeth, or (in the context of the upper jaw) fangs, eye teeth, vampire teeth, or vampire fangs, are the relatively long, pointed teeth. They can appear more flattened however, causing them to resemble incisors and leading them to be called ''incisiform''. They developed and are used primarily for firmly holding food in order to tear it apart, and occasionally as weapons. They are often the largest teeth in a mammal's mouth. Individuals of most species that develop them normally have four, two in the upper jaw and two in the lower, separated within each jaw by incisors; humans and dogs are examples. In most species, canines are the anterior-most teeth in the maxillary bone. The four canines in humans are the two maxillary canines and the two mandibular canines. Details There are generally four canine teeth: two in the upper (maxillary) and two in the lower (mandibular) arch. A canine is placed laterally to ...
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Dogtooth, North Dakota
Dogtooth is a ghost town in Grant County, North Dakota, United States. It was so named because the shape of the nearby buttes resembled the molars of a dog's lower jaw. The town was located in Section 11 of survey township T133 North, Range 85 West.Dogtooth, ND Postal Application 1/29/1900

History

Dogtooth was first established in 1876 as a station along the Deadwood - Bismarck Trail. The station closed in 1880 when the was completed, but settlers continued to

Dogtooth (film)
''Dogtooth'' ( el, Κυνόδοντας; ''Kynodontas'') is a 2009 Greek psychological drama film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Written by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou, the film is about a husband and wife (Christos Stergioglou and Michelle Valley) who keep their children (Angeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni and Christos Passalis) ignorant of the world outside their property well into adulthood. ''Dogtooth'' is Lanthimos's second feature film. It won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards. Plot A couple live in a fenced-in compound with their adult son and two adult daughters. The children have no knowledge of the outside world; their parents say they will be ready to leave once they lose a dogtooth, and that one can only leave safely by car. The children entertain themselves with endurance games, such as keeping a finger in hot water. They believe they have a brother on the other sid ...
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