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deciduous tooth

deciduous tooth noun: any tooth that falls out as later teeth grow in or as other existing teeth move to take its place.

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.

Forms of deciduous tooth

pluraldeciduous teeth

Questions about deciduous tooth

What does deciduous tooth mean?
Deciduous tooth means any tooth that falls out as later teeth grow in or as other existing teeth move to take its place.
What part of speech is deciduous tooth?
Deciduous tooth is a noun.
What is the plural of deciduous tooth?
The plural of deciduous tooth is deciduous teeth.

Words near deciduous tooth in the dictionary

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

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