Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

egg tooth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: egg -tooth
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small, sharp, cranial protuberance used by offspring to break or tear through the egg's surface during hatching.

Inflected Forms

egg teeth (plural) eggtooth (alternative) egg-tooth (alternative)

Questions

What does egg tooth mean?: A small, sharp, cranial protuberance used by offspring to break or tear through the egg's surface during hatching.

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