Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The outer, hindmost cusp on the upper molar of such a tooth as that of a horse or horse-like mammal. See cut under
tooth , 1.
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- noun anatomy A
cusp in the corner of an uppermolar tooth inmammals
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Examples
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Upper molars have a simple large external paracone, with little development of a metacone.
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