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deciduous teeth

deciduous teeth is the plural of deciduous tooth.

Meaning of deciduous tooth

Noun

deciduous tooth (plural deciduous teeth)

  1. Any tooth that falls out as later teeth grow in or as other existing teeth move to take its place.
  2. (particularly anatomy) A baby tooth or milk tooth which is replaced by later permanent teeth in animals displaying diphyodonty.

Questions about deciduous teeth

What is deciduous teeth the plural of?
Deciduous teeth is the plural of deciduous tooth.

Words near deciduous teeth in the dictionary

  1. deciduosity
  2. deciduous
  3. deciduous camellia
  4. deciduous camellias
  5. deciduous holly
  6. deciduous teeth
  7. deciduous tooth
  8. deciduous winterberry
  9. deciduously
  10. deciduousness
  11. decieve

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