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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] double (

δι-

δίσ-

twice + [GREEK] to produce) +

ὀδούς

ὀδόντος

, tooth.]

(Anat.)

Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other;

as, a

diphyodont

mammal;

diphyodont

dentition

; – opposed to

monophyodont

–

Noun.

An animal having two successive sets of teeth.

diphyodont ‎(not comparable)

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

diphyodont ‎(plural diphyodonts)