Toothed

//tuːθt//

"Toothed" in a Sentence (9 examples)

A sperm whale is the biggest toothed whale.

Whales, dolphins and porpoises are divided into two groups: toothed and baleen.

Toothed whales, including dolphins, porpoises, sperm whales and orcas, use sharp, pointed teeth to catch fish and other large prey.

The dagger-like fangs of the extinct saber toothed cat suggest that it was an ambush hunter.

The narwhal is an odontocete or toothed whale, but is different from all other toothed whales in that it has no teeth in its mouth. Instead, male narwhals have a single long, straight tooth (or tusk) that protrudes two to three meters out of the upper left jaw. Females almost never have a tusk. The tooth grows in a counterclockwise spiral.

The sperm whale is a toothed whale.

A cog is a toothed wheel.

A sharp-toothed rat.

A fine-toothed comb.

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