egg tooth

noun

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

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Meanings

nounegg tooth (plural egg teeth)

plural egg teeth · alternative eggtooth · alternative egg-tooth

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

Translations

Catalan telolècit
  • telolècitegg tooth
Danish ægtand
  • ægtandegg tooth
Dutch eitand
  • eitandegg tooth
Esperanto ovodento
  • ovodentoegg tooth
Estonian munahammas
  • munahammasegg tooth
Finnish munahammas
  • munahammasegg tooth
French diamant, dent de délivrance
  • diamantegg tooth
  • dent de délivranceegg tooth
German Eizahn
  • Eizahnegg tooth
Norwegian Bokmål eggtann
  • eggtannegg tooth
Polish ząb jajowy
  • ząb jajowyegg tooth
Portuguese dente de ovo
  • dente de ovoegg tooth
Russian яйцево́й зуб
  • яйцево́й зуб (jajcevój zub)egg tooth
Swedish äggtand
  • äggtandegg tooth
Ukrainian яйце́вий горбо́к, яйце́вий зуб
  • яйце́вий горбо́к (jajcévyj horbók)egg tooth
  • яйце́вий зуб (jajcévyj zub)egg tooth
Vietnamese răng trứng
  • răng trứngegg tooth
Cite this entry
APA

egg tooth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egg%20tooth

MLA

“egg tooth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egg%20tooth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “egg tooth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egg%20tooth.

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