milk tooth

noun

: a temporary tooth of a young mammal that in human dentition includes four incisors, two canines, and four molars in each jaw : baby tooth, deciduous tooth

Whereas most mammals retain their milk teeth for months, some bat species lose these teeth soon after birth and have adult dentition even before they are weaned.

Rick A. Adams and Scott C. Pedersen

… a restless, rambunctious boy, who at the beginning of the year had lost two front milk teeth that still showed no signs of being replaced by adult ones.

Edwidge Danticat

单词	milk tooth
释义	milk tooth noun : a temporary tooth of a young mammal that in human dentition includes four incisors, two canines, and four molars in each jaw : baby tooth, deciduous tooth Whereas most mammals retain their milk teeth for months, some bat species lose these teeth soon after birth and have adult dentition even before they are weaned. Rick A. Adams and Scott C. Pedersen … a restless, rambunctious boy, who at the beginning of the year had lost two front milk teeth that still showed no signs of being replaced by adult ones. Edwidge Danticat Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Finlayson said the team had also found the milk tooth of a Neanderthal around 4 years old, and hypothesized that they could have been dragged into the cave by a hyaena. Jeevan Ravindran, CNN, 30 Sep. 2021 Relatives came in and out, helping with the children and watching as Youssef grew milk teeth and Samer went to school and adjusted to life in a strange country. Greg Betza, Washington Post, 1 May 2018 Word History First Known Use 1738, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition milk tooth noun plural milk teeth : one of the first and temporary teeth of which humans grow 20 Medical Definition milk tooth noun : a temporary tooth of a young mammal especially : one of the human dentition including four incisors, two canines, and four molars in each jaw which fall out during childhood and are replaced by the permanent teeth called also baby tooth, deciduous tooth, primary tooth
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milk tooth

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