Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,914,322,171 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

rictus

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus 0.01 sec.
rictus [′rik·təs]
(vertebrate zoology)
The mouth aperture in birds.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
As Anton du Beke guided Laila Rouass to first place last Saturday, his cheesy, queasy smile was petrified in a rictus grin.
2 During a TV chat with Andrew Marr about the number of British military deaths in Afghanistan, Gordon Brown makes it into The Guinness Book Of Records by flashing the greatest number of inappropriate rictus grins during a five minute interview.
Ballero's team, whose work appears in the latest edition of the US Journal of Natural Products, have established that a toxic substance in the dropwart plant does, in fact, cause facial muscles to contract and produce a grimace or rictus.
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.