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conulid

conulid noun: a minor cusp on a lower tooth.

Noun

conulid (plural conulids)

  1. A minor cusp on a lower tooth.
    • This high crowned tooth presents a complex pattern of conids, conulids, accessory tubercles and valleys.1987, Rajan Gaur, Environment and ecology of early man in northwest India
    • An anterolophid and anterostylid may be present between the metaconid and anterolingual conulid.1989, Kent Hubbard Redford, John Frederick Eisenberg, Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy, page 15

Forms of conulid

pluralconulids

Origin of conulid

The diminutive infix -ule added to conid.

Words formed from conulid

Questions about conulid

What does conulid mean?
Conulid means a minor cusp on a lower tooth.
What part of speech is conulid?
Conulid is a noun.
What is the plural of conulid?
The plural of conulid is conulids.

Words near conulid in the dictionary

  1. conularid
  2. conulariid
  3. conulariids
  4. conule
  5. conules
  6. conulid
  7. conulids
  8. conull
  9. conulose
  10. conumerous
  11. conundra

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