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metaconids

metaconids is the plural of metaconid.

Meaning of metaconid

Noun

metaconid (plural metaconids)

  1. The mesiolingual cusp of a lower molar tooth.
    • Two upper incisors vertically implanted with I 1 slightly larger than I 2 (judging from the remaining roots), strong vertical upper and lower canine with rounded crown sections, reduced and single-rooted P 2, P 3 as large as P 4, simple with their crown obliquely orientated and high protoconid, M 1...1999 October 15, J.-J. Jaeger et al., “A New Primate from the Middle Eocene of Myanmar and the Asian Early Origin of Anthropoids”, in Science, volume 286, number 5439, →DOI, pages 528–530

Questions about metaconids

What is metaconids the plural of?
Metaconids is the plural of metaconid.

Words near metaconids in the dictionary

  1. metaconflict
  2. metaconflicts
  3. metaconglomerate
  4. metaconglomerates
  5. metaconid
  6. metaconids
  7. metaconjecture
  8. metaconjectures
  9. metaconscious
  10. metaconsciousness
  11. metaconsensus

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