tooth. 1. (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usu. attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
In a second, larger sense, East Indies refers to the Malay Archipelago (including the Philippines), which now is more commonly called insular (or archipelagic) Southeast Asia. Finally, in its broadest context, the term East Indies encompasses the foregoing plus all of mainland Southeast Asia and India.
Country maps will be found at the respective country pages. Countries and regions on the fringe of Southeast Asia: Bhutan, Hong Kong, Indian States and Union Territories, Macau, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tibet. You are free to use this map for educational purposes, please refer to the Nations Online Project.