ˈmilk-tooth
One of a temporary set of mammalian teeth which are replaced by the permanent teeth (cf. milk-canine, molar, etc.).
| 1727–52 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Tooth, Twelve foal-teeth or milk-teeth [of a horse]. 1835 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 68/1 The milk teeth..by the end of the seventh year have given way to the..permanent series. 1886 C. Scott Sheep Farming 15 At a month old a lamb will have eight incisors or milk teeth, which are temporary. |