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[–] Aolley 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

milk teeth....... like, baby teeth?

this is a new and unhappy word for me

[–] Dasus 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh yeah that's the English term. My bad. Yeah the first set of teeth, the non-permanent one, is known as "maitohampaat" ie milk teeth in Finnish.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wikipedia lists milk teeth as another word for it so you weren't wrong.

[–] Dasus 6 points 1 day ago

Oh cool, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I've only seen it apply to baby animals.