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English Dictionary: dentition by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dentition
n
  1. the eruption through the gums of baby teeth [syn: teething, dentition, odontiasis]
  2. the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal
    Synonym(s): dentition, teeth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dentition \Den*ti"tion\, n. [L. dentitio, fr. dentire to cut
      teeth, fr. dens, dentis, tooth. See {Dentist}.]
      1. The development and cutting of teeth; teething.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) The system of teeth peculiar to an animal.
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