Lophid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Lophid is an adjective meaning (zoology, palentology, archaeology, usually of teeth) Featuring or characterized by a crest or ridge.
Meaning
(zoology, palentology, archaeology, usually of teeth) Featuring or characterized by a crest or ridge.
More Meanings
- (zoology, palentology, archaeology) A ridge on molars or other teeth formed by a modification of cusps.
Example Sentences
There is a very small wear facet on the tip of the first lophid.
In early Elephantoidia, the mesial root supports only the first lophid of the molar.
Similarities include minimal division of the paracristid and cristid obliqua, paucity of enamel crenulations on the lophid faces and, to a lesser degree, anterior turn of the lophid ends
Word Forms
- lophids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lophodont, lophoselenodont, dilambdodont, clinomegodont, lobiped, odontognathous.
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