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polyphyodont, a. Zool.|pəˈlɪfɪəʊdɒnt|
[f. Gr. πολυϕυ-ής manifold (f. πολυ-, poly- + ϕυή growth) + ὀδούς, ὀδοντ- tooth, after diphyodont.]
Having several successive growths or sets of teeth.
1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 552 The change of teeth in the Mammalia may be regarded as a process which has been developed from a polyphyodont condition. |