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multituberculate

multituberculate adjective: having molars with multiple rows of cusps.

Adjective

multituberculate (not comparable)

  1. Having molars with multiple rows of cusps.

Noun

multituberculate (plural multituberculates)

  1. Any of a small group of rodent-like mammals, of the order †Multituberculata, from the Cretaceous and Paleocene periods.
    Synonyms:
    multi

Synonyms of multituberculate

Forms of multituberculate

pluralmultituberculates

Origin of multituberculate

From multi- + tuberculate.

Questions about multituberculate

What does multituberculate mean?
Multituberculate means having molars with multiple rows of cusps.
What part of speech is multituberculate?
Multituberculate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multituberculate in the dictionary

  1. multitrunked
  2. multitube
  3. multitubercolate
  4. multitubercolates
  5. multitubercular
  6. multituberculate
  7. multituberculated
  8. multituberculates
  9. multituberculism
  10. multituberculy
  11. multitubular

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