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.

Derived terms

• hypoconulid

 

Related terms

• entoconulid
• metaconulid

Anagrams

• incloud