conulid

plural conulids

1. dentistryA minor cusp on a lower tooth.

   An anterolophid and anterostylid may be present between the metaconid and anterolingual conulid.

   1989, Kent Hubbard Redford, John Frederick Eisenberg, Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy, page 15

   2 more examples

   This high crowned tooth presents a complex pattern of conids, conulids, accessory tubercles and valleys.

   1987, Rajan Gaur, Environment and ecology of early man in northwest India

   One lower molar specimen (MNHN-Bol-V 3471; Fig. 4d) also has a strange conulid at the center of the talonid basin. Although this conulid is moderately worn, it seems to have no significant function in mastication.

   1996, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, page 312