bleeding tooth


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Noun1.bleeding tooth - gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell openingbleeding tooth - gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening; of the Caribbean area
Nerita peloronta
neritid, neritid gastropod - operculate seasnail of coastal waters with a short spiral shell
genus Nerita - type genus of the Neritidae
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The number of bleeding tooth faces was divided by the total number of tooth faces, obtaining the bleeding rate.
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As if by Neptune's whim, one stretch will be rich in urchins, measled cowries, sunrise tellins, conches, and an occasional bleeding tooth; the next, empty except for a branch of sea fan.
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