precingulid

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ cingulid

Noun

precingulid (plural precingulids)

  1. A small ridge that leads to a cingulid
  2. A thin ridge on the mesial aspect of lower molar crowns; sometimes continuous with the ectocingulid
    • 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:
      The presence of a slight precingulid indicates the probable presence of a small paraconid.
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