lophid

comparative more lophid · superlative most lophid

1. not comparableusuallyarchaeologyFeaturing or characterized by a crest or ridge.

   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

   2004, Gavin Prideaux, Systematics and Evolution of the Sthenurine Kangaroos, page 64

plural lophids

1. archaeologyA ridge on molars or other teeth formed by a modification of cusps.

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

   1967, David Whistler, Oreodonts of the Tick Canyon Formation, Southern California, page s.n.

   1 more example

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

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