Definition of unicuspid in English:
unicuspid
adjectiveˌjuːnɪˈkʌspɪdˌyo͞onəˈkəspəd
Having one cusp or point.
Example sentencesExamples
- These unicuspid teeth are useful for identifying some kinds of shrews.
- The teeth are usually unicuspid, conical, and homodont.
- The p4 is a unicuspid tooth, with the variable presence of a second, anterior root trace.
- The single p4 is unicuspid and very bulbous.
nounˌjuːnɪˈkʌspɪdˌyo͞onəˈkəspəd
A tooth with a single cusp, especially a canine tooth.
Example sentencesExamples
- Under low magnification, e.g., with a hand lens, the side profile of the pygmy shrew's upper jaw shows only three large unicuspids instead of five typical of the masked shrew.
- The 1st and 2nd upper unicuspids are large, the 3rd and 4th smaller and subequal, and the 5th minute.
- Tooth shape ranges from widely spaced and pointy unicuspids in zooplanktivorous and insectivorous species to closely packed and flexible tricuspids in algal scrapers.
- The upper unicuspids have a pigmented ridge that extends to the cingulum.
- They have a continuous set of teeth between the incisors and the molars called the unicuspids.