diphyodont

diphyodont
Possessing two sets of teeth, as occurs in humans and most other mammals. [G. di-, two, + phyo, to produce, + odous (odont-), tooth]

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di·phy·odont (')dī-'fī-ə-.dänt adj marked by the successive development of deciduous and permanent sets of teeth <humans are \diphyodont mammals> <a \diphyodont dentition> compare MONOPHYODONT, POLYPHYODONT
diphyodont n a diphyodont animal

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di·phy·odont (di-fiґo-dont″) [di- + Gr. phyein to produce + odous tooth] having two dentitions, a deciduous and a permanent one, as humans do. Cf. monophyodont and polyphyodont.

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