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.
Where are the Philippines located? in Asia The island nation of the Philippines can be found of the coast of mainland Asia in the Pacific ocean. It is officially called The Republic of the Philippines. It is loâ¦cated between 116 degrees, and 126 degrees east longitude and 4 degrees and 21 degrees north latitude. 2 people found this useful.