lophidとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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形容詞

lophid (not generally comparable, comparative more lophid, superlative most lophid)

1. (zoology, palentology, archaeology, usually of teeth) Featuring or characterized by a crest or ridge.
   • 2004, Gavin Prideaux, Systematics and Evolution of the Sthenurine Kangaroos‎, page 64:

     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

名詞

lophid (plural lophids)

1. (zoology, palentology, archaeology) A ridge on molars or other teeth formed by a modification of cusps.
   • 1967, David Whistler, Oreodonts of the Tick Canyon Formation, Southern California‎, page s.n.:

     There is a very small wear facet on the tip of the first lophid.

   • 2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Giday WoldeGabriel, Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia‎, page 471:

     In early Elephantoidia, the mesial root supports only the first lophid of the molar.

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アナグラム

• pholid