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milk tooth

noun

  1. one of the temporary teeth of a mammal that are replaced by the permanent teeth.

milk tooth

noun

  1. See dentition
    any of the first teeth to erupt; a deciduous tooth Also calledbaby tooth See also dentition

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Word History and Origins

Origin of milk tooth1

First recorded in 1720–30

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Example Sentences

Davey spat out a milk tooth, his right top incisor, and cried around the blood that coursed down his face.

At the age of four the lower jaw has four permanent and one milk tooth on either side.

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