| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| diphyodont |
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| SYLLABICATION: | di·phy·o·dont |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -f  -d nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Having two successive sets of teeth, deciduous and permanent. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Greek diphu s, double ( di-, two; see di–1) + phuein, to grow; see bheu- in Appendix I + –odont.
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