Diphyodont

What do we mean by diphyodont?

Having two successive sets of teeth, deciduous and permanent. adjective

Having two sets of teeth, as a mammal; growing in two sets, as teeth: applied both to the system of dentition and to the animals which have such a system: opposed to monophyodont and polyphyodont. See II.

A mammal which has two sets of teeth. noun

Having two successive sets of teeth (deciduous and permanent), one succeeding the other; ; -- opposed to monophyodont. adjective

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

Any creature with two successive sets of teeth. noun

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Words that are spelled similarly to diphyodont:
diphyodont.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word diphyodont:
deciduous, teeth, mammals, sets, set.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective diphyodont:
dentition, mammals, mammal, forms, mammalia, type, condition, animals, replacement.

Words that sound like diphyodont:
debutante, debutant, typodont, debutantes, debutants, dependent, dependant, dissident, divident, disputant, decadent, deputed, depredate, diffident, depend on, dividant.