hypostria

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hypo- +‎ stria.

Noun[edit]

hypostria (plural hypostriae)

  1. (paleontology) A vertical groove found between the protocone and the hypocone on the crowns of upper molariform teeth of glirans, i.e. rodents and lagomorphs.

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Further reading[edit]

  • Ruben Arthur Stirton (1935) A Review of the Tertiary Beavers, →OCLC, page 392
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