Look up: Diphyodont


  1. Diphyodont
    A Diphyodont is an animal with two successive sets of teeth, first the "deciduous" set and later the "permanent" set. Most mammals are Diphyodonts. Diphyodonts contrast with Polyphyodonts, such as many fish, whose teeth are constantly replaced. ...
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  2. Diphyodont
    only two sets of teeth, one deciduous and one permanent (from 'di' = two,'phyo+ = generation and 'dont' =teeth). See also polyphyodont
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  3. Diphyodont
    having two successive sets of teeth.
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  4. Diphyodont
    Diph'y·o·dont adjective [ Greek ... double ( di- = di`s- twice + ... to produce) + 'odoy`s , 'odo`ntos , tooth.] (Anat.) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding th...
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  5. diphyodont
    <anatomy> Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; opposed to monophyodont. ... An animal having two successive sets of teeth. ... Origin: Gr. Double (= twice + to produce) +, tooth. ... Source: Webs...
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  6. diphyodont
    (di-fi´o-dont″) having two dentitions, a primary and a permanent one.
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  7. Diphyodont
    • (a.) Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; as, a diphyodont mammal; diphyodont dentition; -- opposed to monophyodont. • (n.) An animal having two successive sets of teeth.
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  8. Diphyodont
    - only two sets of teeth, one deciduous and one permanent (from 'di' = two,'phyo+ = generation and 'dont' =teeth). See also polyphyodont
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  9. Diphyodont
    Diphyodont is a term applied to those animals which develop two sets of teeth, a deciduous or milk set, and a permanent set - as distinct from the monophyodonts, which develop only one set. The majority of mammals are diphyodont, though the number of teeth replaced may vary: thus in man twenty teeth...
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  10. diphyodont
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dif′i-ō-dont′ Definitions: 1. Possessing two sets of teeth, as occurs in humans and most other mammals.
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  11. diphyodont
    1) Having two successive sets of teeth
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