Nibble and Tooth

Nibble

Nibble verb - To eat reluctantly and in small bites.

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Tooth and nibble are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tooth" instead a verb "Nibble".

Nearby Words: nibbled, nibbling

Tooth noun - Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense.

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Nibble and tooth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nibble" instead a verb "Tooth".

Nearby Words: toot, toothsome, toothless, toothed, toothy

top	top nibble	top tooth
little	little nibble	little tooth

This particular Stock Animal Diet concept probably arose because, while hungry mice will nibble on any food that's left out in a pre-refrigerator-era pantry, cheese was the only thing that actually showed clear tooth impressions to prove they'd been doing so.

Source: Stock Animal Diet

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