"deciduous tooth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: deciduous teeth [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|deciduous teeth}} deciduous tooth (plural deciduous teeth)
  1. (anatomy) Any tooth that falls out as later teeth grow in or as other existing teeth move to take its place. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Teeth
    Sense id: en-deciduous_tooth-en-noun-ID6V6E4H Disambiguation of Teeth: 48 52 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (particularly) (anatomy) A baby tooth or milk tooth which is replaced by later permanent teeth in animals displaying diphyodonty. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Teeth
    Sense id: en-deciduous_tooth-en-noun-CoC0jemH Disambiguation of Teeth: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 59

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