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egg tooth

noun

Definition of EGG TOOTH

:  a hard sharp prominence on the beak of an unhatched bird or the nose of an unhatched reptile that is used to break through the eggshell
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First Known Use of EGG TOOTH

1893

Rhymes with EGG TOOTH

bucktooth, cheek tooth, dogtooth, Duluth, eyetooth, forsooth, half-truth, home truth, houndstooth, in truth, Kossuth, milk tooth, sawtooth, selcouth, sweet tooth, tollbooth, uncouth, untruth, vermouth

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