egg tooth

noun

: 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out — who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird’s egg tooth? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021 After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out — who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird’s egg tooth? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021 After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out — who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird’s egg tooth? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021 After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out — who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird’s egg tooth? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021 After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out — who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird’s egg tooth? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021 After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out — who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird’s egg tooth? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021 After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out — who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird’s egg tooth? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021 After years when Acuras tended to look like either gussied up Hondas or overwrought attempts to stand out — who else remembers the brand-wide nose job that looked like a baby bird’s egg tooth? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 6 Feb. 2021 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of egg tooth was in 1893

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“Egg tooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/egg%20tooth. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

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