HyperDic: permanent_tooth

English > 1 sense of the expression *permanent tooth*:
NOUN	body	permanent tooth, adult tooth	any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age

English > *permanent tooth*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	Any of the 32 teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age.
Synonym	adult tooth
Broader	tooth	Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates