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PRIMARY TOOTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does primary tooth mean?
• PRIMARY TOOTH (noun)
The noun PRIMARY TOOTH has 1 sense:
1. one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
Familiarity information: PRIMARY TOOTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
baby tooth; deciduous tooth; milk tooth; primary tooth
Hypernyms ("primary tooth" is a kind of...):
tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)
Holonyms ("primary tooth" is a part of...):
child's body (the body of a human child)
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