conulid

English

Etymology

The diminutive infix -ule added to conid.

Noun

conulid (plural conulids)

  1. (dentistry) A minor cusp on a lower tooth.
    • 1987, Rajan Gaur, Environment and ecology of early man in northwest India:
      This high crowned tooth presents a complex pattern of conids, conulids, accessory tubercles and valleys.
    • 1989, Kent Hubbard Redford & ‎John Frederick Eisenberg, Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy, page 15:
      An anterolophid and anterostylid may be present between the metaconid and anterolingual conulid.
    • 1996, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, page 312:
      One lower molar specimen (MNHN-Bol-V 3471; Fig. 4d) also has a strange conulid at the center of the talonid basin. Although this conulid is moderately worn, it seems to have no significant function in mastication.

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