Etymology

polyphyodont

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Today it means: Any animal whose teeth are continuously replaced. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πολύς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπολύς“many, much”
  2. English todaypolyphyodont

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπολύς all →

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