tooth pad

English

Etymology

From tooth +‎ pad.

Noun

tooth pad (plural tooth pads)

1. A (contiguous or segmented) patch or band, in the mouths of some fish, containing rows of teeth.
   • 2016, B. K. B. Berkovitz, R. P Shellis, The Teeth of Non-Mammalian Vertebrates, →ISBN, page 49:

     Teeth are concentrated on the tooth pads of the pharyngeal jaws. The pads become fused to the supporting endochondral bones, so that mechanical coupling is improved.

Alternative forms

• tooth-pad, toothpad