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metaconules

metaconules is the plural of metaconule.

Meaning of metaconule

Noun

metaconule (plural metaconules)

  1. The distal intermediate cusp of an upper molar tooth
    • Very reduced P 2, broad upper molars with welldeveloped cingulum surrounding the crowns, very slight hypocone swelling on M 1 and M 2 and strongly reduced paraconule and metaconule, lingually bent paracone and metacone on M 2 .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 metaconules

What is metaconules the plural of?
Metaconules is the plural of metaconule.

Words near metaconules in the dictionary

  1. metacontig
  2. metacontigs
  3. metacontrast
  4. metaconular
  5. metaconule
  6. metaconules
  7. metaconversation
  8. metaconversations
  9. metacoracoid
  10. metacoracoids
  11. metacorpal

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