ALL meanings of egg tooth
egg tooth
E e - noun egg tooth a calcareous prominence at the tip of the beak or upper jaw of an embryonic bird or reptile, used to break through the eggshell at hatching. 1
- noun egg tooth (in embryo birds and reptiles) a temporary tooth or (in birds) projection of the beak used for piercing the eggshell 0
- noun egg tooth a tooth-like structure on the nose or beak of young reptiles and birds used to break the egg membrane or shell at the time of hatching 0