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egg tooth

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: яйцавы́ зуб (jajcavý zub) — egg tooth
  • Catalan: telolècit — egg tooth
  • Danish: ægtand — egg tooth
  • Dutch: eitand — egg tooth
  • Esperanto: ovodento — egg tooth
  • Estonian: munahammas — egg tooth
  • Finnish: munahammas — egg tooth
  • French: diamant — egg tooth
  • French: dent de délivrance — egg tooth
  • German: Eizahn — egg tooth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eggtann — egg tooth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eggtann — egg tooth
  • Polish: ząb jajowy — egg tooth
  • Portuguese: dente de ovo — egg tooth
  • Russian: яйцево́й зуб (jajcevój zub) — egg tooth
  • Serbo-Croatian: јајни зуб — egg tooth
  • Serbo-Croatian: jajni zub — egg tooth
  • Swedish: äggtand — egg tooth
  • Ukrainian: яйце́вий горбо́к (jajcévyj horbók) — egg tooth
  • Ukrainian: яйце́вий зуб (jajcévyj zub) — egg tooth
  • Vietnamese: răng trứng — egg tooth