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polyphyodont

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poly-phy-o-dont
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any animal whose teeth are continuously replaced.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) + φύω (phúō, “produce”) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

polyphyodonts (plural)

Questions

What does polyphyodont mean?
Any animal whose teeth are continuously replaced.
Where does polyphyodont come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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