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Having two successive sets of teeth, deciduous and permanent.
[From Greek diphuēs, double (di-, two; see di-1) + phuein, to grow; see bheuə- in Indo-European roots + -odont.]
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(Zoology) having two successive sets of teeth, as mammals (including man). Compare polyphyodont
[C19: from Greek diphuēs double (see diphycercal) + -odont]
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diph•y•o•dont(ˈdɪf i əˌdɒnt)
having two successive sets of teeth, as most mammals.
[1850–55; < Greek diphy(ḗs) double, twofold (di- di-1 + -phyēs, derivative of phyein to produce, grow) + -odont]
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