diphyodonty

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition, in some animals, of having only one set of replacement teeth following a first erupted set.

Word forms

diphyodonty

Etymology

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

Related words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.