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Meaning of "diphyodont" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DIPHYODONT

From Greek diphuēs double (see diphycercal) + -odont.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DIPHYODONT

ˈdɪfɪəʊˌdɒnt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DIPHYODONT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Diphyodont is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DIPHYODONT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Diphyodont

A Diphyodont is any animal with two successive sets of teeth, initially the "deciduous" set and consecutively the "permanent" set. Most mammals are diphyodonts as to chew their food they need a strong, durable and complete set of teeth. Diphyodonts contrast with Polyphyodonts, whose teeth are constantly replaced. Diphyodonts also differ from Monophyodonts which are animals who have only one set of teeth that do not change over a long period of growth. In diphyodonts the number of teeth that are replaced varies from species to species. In humans a set of twenty deciduous teeth, or "milk teeth", are replaced by a completely new set of thirty-two adult teeth. In some cases hypodontia or hyperdontia occurs, the latter in cleidocranial dysostosis and gardner's syndrome. In the hare the anterior incisors are not replaced but the posterior smaller incisors are replaced. Manatees, kangaroos and elephants vary from most other mammals because they are polyphyodont. Not much is known about the developmental mechanisms regulating diphyodont replacement.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DIPHYODONT

cynodont · cyprinodont · diprotodont · glyptodont · heterodont · isodont · mastodont · microdont · monodont · pleurodont · polyphyodont · polyprotodont · rhynchodont · secodont · sphenodont · stegodont · thecodont · zalambdodont · zeuglodont · zygodont

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DIPHYODONT

diphtheria · diphtheria vaccine · diphtherial · diphtheric · diphtheritic · diphtheritis · diphtheroid · diphthong · diphthongal · diphthongally · diphthongic · diphthongisation · diphthongise · diphthongization · diphthongize · diphycercal · diphyletic · diphyllous · diphysite · diphysitism

WORDS THAT END LIKE DIPHYODONT

brachyodont · bunodont · conodont · creodont · dicynodont · homodont · labyrinthodont · lophodont · machairodont · macrodont · monophyodont · oreodont · selenodont

Synonyms and antonyms of diphyodont in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «diphyodont» into 25 languages

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diphyodont
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difiodontes
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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ثنائي التسنين
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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Diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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Diphyodont
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diphyodont
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இரண்டு பல் வரிசைகள்
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डिपोहोडोंत
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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diphyodont
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Trends of use of diphyodont

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about diphyodont

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DIPHYODONT»

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The natural history of the human teeth: Explaining their ...
The permanent teeth in diphyodont Mammalia are referrible to four classes — viz. , incisors, canines, premolar's (called in Man bicuspides), and molars. The terms ' incisor,' ' canine,' and ' molar' had originally reference to the shape and office ...
John Hunter, 1865
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Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and ...
A delay in dental eruption in the mammalian diphyodont pattern is possible because lactation allows toothless mammalian neonates to achieve a considerable amount of cranial growth at a rapid rate before the teeth erupt (Brink , 1956; ...
Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, Richard Cifelli, 2013
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Competition Science Vision
Diphyodont teeth of mammals develop during life in two successive sets, a condition known as diphyodont. Teeth of first set are called deciduous, lacteals or milk teeth, present in early childhood. ○ In humans, milk teeth include 8 incisors,  ...
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Mesozoic Mammals: The First Two-Thirds of Mammalian History
Presence of diphyodont premolars in paulchoffatiids can be interpreted as a plesiomorphous retention. Samples of other families of multituberculates are now large enough so that the negative evidence begins to carry some weight.
Jason A. Lillegraven, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, William A. Clemens, 1979
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Together with Biology Class XI
Digestion and Absorption 16 < IMPORTANT TERMS > 1. Thecodont 2. Diphyodont 3. Heterodont 4. Mesothelium 5. Deglutition 6. Bolus 7. Chyme 8. Ingestion 9. Digestion 10. Absorption 11. Egestion 12. Peristalsis 13. Hydrolases 14.
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Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology
Pond (1977) argued that suckling must have preceded the appearance of diphyodont dentition (see chapter 4); the latter is a prerequisite for precise tooth occlusion and could not have evolved in neonates that used their teeth for chewing.
‎2007
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Veterinary Dentistry: Self-Assessment Color Review
Eosinophilic granulomas may regress spontaneously. 42 Dog: a heterodont, diphyodont dentition with anelodont, brachyodont teeth. Animals with heterodont dentition have teeth of mixed form and function; being diphyodont, there is a set of ...
Frank Verstraete, 1999
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Transactions of the Royal Microscopical Society
Moreover, that almost every intermediate condition between complete Diphyodont and simple Monophyodont dentition existed, citing especially the Sirenia, Elephants, Rodents, and Marsupials. He then, by the aid of diagrams, showed ...
Microscopical Society of London, Royal Microscopical Society (Great Britain), 1868
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The Dental Cosmos
One of the broad divisions of mammalia has hitherto been into Diphyodont and Monophyodont, or mammals having two sets of teeth and mammals having only one set. Of these the latter include the Cetacea and the Bruta, while the remaining ...
J. D. White, John Hugh McQuillen, George Jacob Ziegler, 1867
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In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs: Early Mesozoic Tetrapods
1 ). it is most parsimonious to postulate that the dentary-squamosal articulation was fully developed prior to the evolution of the diphyodont dentition, the differentiation of the premolar and molar, and the shearing functions of the molars .
Nicholas C. Fraser, Hans-Dieter Sues, 1997

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DIPHYODONT»

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Anatomy of the Feline Mouth
Cats are diphyodont, which means they have two sets of teeth. The first set is the deciduous (also known as baby) teeth, which are shed and replaced by the ... «CatChannel.com, Dec 10»
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A Meeting of the Minds
Backed up by a projected power point presentation, Luo then launched into a discourse on diphyodont tooth replacement (that's the process of ... «Pop City, Oct 07»
REFERENCE
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