Assertion: american alligator's teeth | /r/HasProperty | visible
Facets:
value: mostly
type: DEGREE
value: with a crocodile
type: OTHER
value: unlike an alligator
type: OTHER
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Usually, no lower teeth are visible when the mouth is closed.
text: Also, the fourth tooth on either side of the lower jaw of an alligator fits into an internal socket in the upper jaw so that these teeth are hidden when the mouth is closed.
text: Because the upper jaw is larger than the lower jaw, when an alligator closes its mouth, no teeth are visible, as compared to the visibility of teeth when a crocodile has a closed mouth.
text: The teeth of a crocodile are visible, even when the crocodile’s mouth is closed, while alligator teeth are invisible until the mouth is open.
text: When mouth is closed, only teeth from upper jaw are visible.
text: Another obvious trait is that the upper and lower jaws of the crocodiles are the same width, and the teeth in the lower jaw fall along the edge or outside the upper jaw when the mouth is closed; therefore, all teeth are visible, unlike an alligator, which possesses in the upper jaw small depressions into which the lower teeth fit.
text: With a crocodile, on the other hand, both bottom and top teeth are visible when the mouth is closed.
text: Also, the fourth tooth on either side of the lower jaw of an alligator fits into an internal socket in the upper jaw so that these teeth are hidden when the mouth is closed.
text: The lower teeth are mostly hidden when mouth is closed (and fit into sockets in the upper jaw).
text: Also, the fourth tooth on either side of the lower jaw of an alligator fits into an internal socket in the upper jaw so that these teeth are hidden when the mouth is closed.