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| ''']''' or '''dragon's tooth''' first appeared in Greek mythology; once planted, each tooth grew into a fully armed warrior. | ''']''' or '''dragon's tooth''' first appeared in Greek mythology; once planted, each tooth grew into a fully armed warrior. This gace rise to the phrase "to sow dragon's teeth," used as a ] to refer to doing something that has the effect of fomenting disputes. | ||
| Later uses of the term are: | Later uses of the term are: | ||
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Dragon's teeth or dragon's tooth first appeared in Greek mythology; once planted, each tooth grew into a fully armed warrior. This gace rise to the phrase "to sow dragon's teeth," used as a metaphor to refer to doing something that has the effect of fomenting disputes.
Later uses of the term are:
Military engineering
- Dragon's teeth (fortification), anti-tank obstacles
Books
- Dragon's Teeth: A Novel, an 1878 realist novel
- The Dragon's Teeth, a 1939 mystery novel
- Dragon's Teeth (novel), a 1942 historical novel
- Dragon's teeth: the background, contents and consequences of the North Atlantic Pact, 1949 non-fiction book by Konni Zilliacus
- "Dragons' Teeth" (short story), a 1977 fantasy short story
- The Dragon's Teeth?, a 1982 American book
- The Dragon's Tooth, a 2011 fantasy novel
- Dragon's Teeth, a fantasy novel by James A. Hetley (sequel to "Dragon's Eye")
- Dragon's Teeth Mountains, a fictional mountain range in the Shannara series of books
Other literature and media
- "The Dragon's Teeth" (radio), a 1941 radio story
- "Dragon's Teeth" (Star Trek: Voyager), a 1999 television episode
- Dragon's Tooth, a fictional sniper rifle in the Fafner in the Azure anime series
- Dragon's Tooth (video game), a 1986 British video game
Botany
- Dragon's Teeth (plant), a plant species in the genus Lotus
Traffic engineering
- Dragon's Teeth (traffic), a series of calibrated lines painted on a road surface to enforce a speed limit
Geography
- Dragons Teeth (Antarctica), a small group of rocks in Antarctica
- Dragon's Teeth Gate, a craggy granite outcrop in Singapore
- Dragon's Tooth (Virginia), a trail landmark in Virginia
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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