English Dictionary

tooth-comb

名詞

別表記 異形

Alternative form of toothcomb

日本語の意味

「tooth-comb」は「toothcomb」の別表記（変形）であり、通常は霊長類などに見られる、前歯が櫛状に並んだ構造（歯櫛）を指します。

The primatologist examined the lemur's tooth-comb under a microscope.

霊長類学者は顕微鏡でキツネザルの歯櫛を調べた。

意味（1）

Alternative form of toothcomb

When the Arabs speak of things as alike in respect of good qualities, they call them 'as like as the teeth of a tooth-comb;' whereas, if they speak of similarity in bad qualities, they say 'as like as the teeth of an ass.'

tooth-combs （ plural ）