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Medicinal leeches have three jaws ( tripartite ) that look like little saws, and on them are about 100 sharp teeth used to incise the host.
In southern Africa they are known by a host of names including red romans, (" hair cutters ") and (" beard cutters "), the latter two relating to the belief they use their formidable jaws to clip hair from humans and animals to line their subterranean nests.

jaws and many
It is possible to crack many joints, such as those in the back and neck vertebrae, hips, wrists, elbows, shoulders, toes, ankles, knees, jaws, and the Achilles tendon area.
Many species of snakes have skulls with many more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads with their highly mobile jaws.
The jaws are aided by powerful muscles and many species also have pharyngeal teeth to further process prey items.
Fishermen target many sharks for their jaws, teeth, and fins, and as game fish in general.
If people knew how many people, especially the very rich and powerful ones, went to psychics, their jaws would drop through the floor .” Ms. Rogers “ claims to have 4, 000 names in her rolodex .”
The beak is very robust, but does not contain any minerals, unlike the teeth and jaws of many other organisms, including marine species.
Teeth ( singular tooth ) are small whitish structures found in the jaws ( or mouths ) of many vertebrates that are used to tear, scrape, milk and chew food.
Sabbatai spread this announcement widely, together with many additional details to the effect that the world would be conquered by him and Elijah, without bloodshed ; that the Messiah would then lead back the Ten Lost Tribes to the Holy Land, " riding on a lion with a seven-headed dragon in its jaws ".
The mouth is wide, with both upper and lower jaws consisting of many small teeth.
The upper and lower jaws are covered with sensory pits, visible as small, black speckles on the skin, the crocodilian version of the lateral organ seen in fish and many amphibians, though arising from a completely different origin.
In many birds, the esophagus is largely a mere gravity chute, and in such events as a seagull swallowing a fish or a stork swallowing a frog, swallowing consists largely of the bird lifting its head with its beak pointing up and guiding the prey with tongue and jaws so that the prey slides inside and down.
The long, extremely flexible jaws enable it to swallow large prey whole, while the many rows of small, needle-like teeth prevent escape.
The many small, sharp, recurved teeth of the frilled shark are functionally similar to squid jigs and could easily snag the body or tentacles of a squid, particularly as they are rotated outwards when the jaws are protruded.
Between 1929 and 1937, 15 partial craniums, 11 lower jaws, many teeth, some skeletal bones and large numbers of stone tools were discovered in the Lower Cave at Locality 1 of the Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian, near Beijing, in China.
The chitinous jaws of annelids ( such as the marine scolecodonts ) are sometimes preserved as fossils ; while many arthropods and inarticulate brachiopods have easily fossilized hard parts of calcite, chitin, or keratin.
In spite of many of them being poorly known, fossil remains show that they shared features such as enlarged heads and jaws, reduced pectoral elements, and robust leg elements.
Asian arowanas bear teeth on many bones of the mouth, including the jaws, vomer, palatines, pterygoids, parasphenoid, and tongue.
They do not have many teeth on the edges of their jaws, but they have heavy crushing tooth plates inside the pharynx.
Although most paleontologists believe that they were predatory carnivores, the many small, coarsely serrated teeth, large denticle size, and U-shaped jaws of some species ( particularly Troodon ) suggest that some species may have been omnivorous or herbivorous.
It is a pair of small cranial bones at the very tip of the jaws of many animals, usually bearing teeth, but not always.
It had an enormous mouth with many sharp teeth in strong jaws.
The chelicerae serve as jaws and in many species also are used for stridulation.
In many cases, the frog uses its jaws to help pull the skin over its back, often eating the skin in the process.
Some fursuiters do not talk while in costume to " preserve the magic "-of those who do, many use costumes with movable jaws.

jaws and sharp
* Instead of teeth, the extinct predatory fish Dunkleosteus had sharp edges of hard exposed bone along its jaws.
This Bengal tiger's sharp teeth and strong jaws are the classical physical traits expected from carnivorous mammalian predator s
The alleged monster had jaws with sharp and dangerous teeth.
Armed with powerful jaws, sharp claws, and a thick hide, wolverines, like most mustelids, are remarkably strong for their size.
Since they feed by grabbing and holding onto their prey, they have evolved sharp teeth for tearing and holding onto flesh, and powerful muscles to close the jaws and hold them shut.
Deep within the oral cavity lie the sharp, crescent-shaped " jaws ", or mandibles, which are strongly hardened and resemble the claws of the feet, with which they are probably homologous.
Great sharp teeth, hinged jaws, disproportionately large mouths, and expandable bodies are a few of the characteristics that deep-sea fishes have for this purpose.
When provoked, or for defense, coatis can be fierce fighters ; their strong jaws, sharp canine teeth, and fast scratching paws, along with a tough hide sturdily attached to the underlying muscles, make it very difficult for potential predators ( e. g., dogs or jaguars ) to seize the smaller mammal.
Placoderms used sharp bony plates as teeth instead, and newer research indicates the jaws in placoderms evolved independently of those in the other Gnathostomata.
Both species have elongated bodies and jaws with long sharp teeth that facilitate their ravenous appetites, mostly for other fish.
It had a particularly large head, in length, with wide jaws and sharp teeth.
Males ’ jaws tend to be wider and taller than female jaws and often have a sharp corner at the back.
Once a shark finds its prey, it suddenly protrudes its jaws, while using a tongue-like muscle to suck the victim into its sharp front teeth.
In particular, it shares the following features with the deinonychosaurs ( dromaeosaurs and troodontids ): jaws with sharp teeth, three fingers with claws, a long bony tail, hyperextensible second toes (" killing claw "), feathers ( which suggest homeothermy ), and various skeletal features.
The mouth is slightly upturned with small, closely set sharp teeth confined to the jaws.
The jaws of Rhamphorhynchus housed needle-like teeth, which were angled forward, with a curved, sharp, beak-like tip lacking teeth, indicating a diet mainly of fish and insects.
Although this shark is a bottom dweller and appears harmless, it should be respected due to its powerful jaws and sharp teeth which can inflict painful lacerations if provoked.
* Barghest-lupine fiend that resembles a goblin-wolf hybrid with terrible jaws and sharp claws, feeds on blood and souls to grow stronger.
Their sharp teeth and strong jaws are perfect for breaking the shells of lobsters and crabs which dwell in the waters.
In contrast, the jaws of oviraptorids had thin, sharp edges probably supporting shearing beaks, ill suited for cracking shells.

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