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submitted 7 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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[–] Aolley@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

milk teeth....... like, baby teeth?

this is a new and unhappy word for me

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah that's the English term. My bad. Yeah the first set of teeth, the non-permanent one, is known as "maitohampaat" ie milk teeth in Finnish.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wikipedia lists milk teeth as another word for it so you weren't wrong.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Oh cool, thanks.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

I've only seen it apply to baby animals.