The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 5 letter word EYE TOOTH
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More clues leading to the result EYE TOOTH
- Last of shade still protecting excessively hot canine
- One ahead, I say! Press horn hard
- Solvers overly protected by the barking canine
- Canine, beginning to eat, still has nothing to go with hot stew
- Gnasher‘s still at centre of tomfoolery in the comic
- Canine still also rising in early hours primarily
- See dental equipment of canine
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What does EYE TOOTH mean?
EYE TOOTH noun- A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans.