cuspidate
/kuhs-pi-deyt/US // ˈkʌs pɪˌdeɪt //UK // (ˈkʌspɪˌdeɪt) //
齿状的,齿状突起,齿状,尖锐的
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : having a cusp or cusps.
- : furnished with or ending in a sharp and stiff point or cusp: cuspidate leaves; a cuspidate tooth.
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Examples
Polar spines three-sided prismatic, cuspidate, about as long as the axis of the shell.
The second glume is broadly ovate acute, rather cuspidate, usually 5-nerved (rarely 7-nerved).
Basal breadth of all six the same (three times as large as one pore); form, three-sided prismatic, with cuspidate distal end.
Cuspidate: prickly pointed; ending in a sharp point; with an acuminated point ending in a bristle.
It is therefore significant that these earlier teeth should be more cuspidate than the later teeth.
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