tooth picker (tothpik"er)

[ They write of a bird that is the crocodile's tooth picker , and feeds on the fragments left in his teeth whiles the serpent lies a-sunning. Rev. T. Adams , Works, L. 83. 2. That with which the teeth are picked; a toothpick. [Rare.] belongs to the cla of punctured wounds, and is prone to become seriously inflamed, even when the animal inflicting it is not venomous.