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toothed

1. Having teeth; furnished with teeth. Ruby-lipped and toothed with pearl.

2. (Science: botany) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.

(Science: zoology) Toothed whale, any whale of the order denticete. See Denticete. Toothed wheel, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.