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Egg tooth

A small horny growth at the tip of a chick's upper mandible used to break through the eggshell. This 'tooth' is lost within a few days of hatching.

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From Peter Weaver's Birdwatcher's Dictionary
Copyright © 1981 by Peter Weaver


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