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hypostria

hypostria noun: a vertical groove found between the protocone and the hypocone on the crowns of upper molariform teeth of glirans, i.e. rodents and lagomorphs.

Noun

hypostria (plural hypostriae)

  1. A vertical groove found between the protocone and the hypocone on the crowns of upper molariform teeth of glirans, i.e. rodents and lagomorphs.

Forms of hypostria

pluralhypostriae

Origin of hypostria

From hypo- + stria.

Questions about hypostria

What does hypostria mean?
Hypostria means a vertical groove found between the protocone and the hypocone on the crowns of upper molariform teeth of glirans, i.e. rodents and lagomorphs.
What part of speech is hypostria?
Hypostria is a noun.
What is the plural of hypostria?
The plural of hypostria is hypostriae.

Words near hypostria in the dictionary

  1. hypostomial
  2. hypostomium
  3. hypostratotype
  4. hypostratotypes
  5. hypostress
  6. hypostria
  7. hypostriid
  8. hypostriids
  9. hypostrophe
  10. hypostrophes
  11. hypostyle

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