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diphyodont

diphyodont adjective: having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other.

Adjective

diphyodont (not comparable)

  1. Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other.
    • a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition

Noun

diphyodont (plural diphyodonts)

  1. Any creature with two successive sets of teeth.

diphyodont meaning in Tamil

diphyodont in Tamil

இருமுறைபல்முளைக்கின்ற

Forms of diphyodont

pluraldiphyodonts

Origin of diphyodont

From Ancient Greek διφυής (diphuḗs, “double”) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).

Questions about diphyodont

What does diphyodont mean?
Diphyodont means having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other.
What is diphyodont in Tamil?
Diphyodont in Tamil is இருமுறைபல்முளைக்கின்ற. See Diphyodont meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is diphyodont?
Diphyodont can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near diphyodont in the dictionary

  1. diphyllobothriids
  2. diphyllobothriosis
  3. diphyllobothroid
  4. diphylloside
  5. diphyllous
  6. diphyodont
  7. diphyodonts
  8. diphyodonty
  9. diphyozooid
  10. diphyozooids
  11. Diphysite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diphyodont (page history and authors); diphyodont (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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