molarizedadj.
/ˈməʊlərʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˈmoʊləˌraɪzd/ Zoology.
Of a premolar or other tooth: showing the consequences of molarization.
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1933 A. S. Romer Vertebr. Palaeontol. 332 The premolars [of rhinoceroses] became rapidly molarized.
1971 A. A. Dahlberg Dental Morphol. & Evol. viii. 99 The more distant from the canine, the more molarized or cuspidate the tooth.
1973 Nature 14 Sept. 106/1 In other cretaceous eutherians P4 is always three-rooted and partly molarized.
1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) xi. 345 The premolars generally remain simpler than the molars in cusp pattern. In certain herbivores, however, they are ‘molarized’.
1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) ii. iv. 58/1 Some early fossil hominids..had premolars with expanded biting surfaces, or even extra cusps. These molarised premolars resemble molar teeth.
2010 L. Werdelin & W. J. Sanders Cenozoic Mammals Afr. 134/2 The premolars of these two species [of Thyrohyrax] are less molarized than later members of their two lineages.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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