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adjectivecrestiform (not comparable)
- not comparableIn the form of a crest.
In oligopithecines, Catopithecus and Oligopithecus have a small crestiform hypocone. Proteopithecus has a larger hypocone, which remains crestiform and without a prehypocone crista.
2013, John G. Fleagle, Anthropoid Origins, page 252
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crestiform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crestiform
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“crestiform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crestiform. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crestiform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crestiform.
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