tricuspidate

tricuspidate [trahy-kuhs-pi-deyt] ExamplesWord Origin adjective Anatomy.

1. having three cusps or flaps.

Origin of tricuspidate First recorded in 1745–55; tricuspid + -ate1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for tricuspidate Historical Examples of tricuspidate

Tricuspidate: ending in three points: with three cusps or teeth.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology

John. B. Smith

The lower premolar is tricuspidate and the first and second molars are quadritubercular with a broad cingulum.

Speciation in the Kangaroo Rat, Dipodomys ordii

Henry W. Setzer

The last molar is tricuspidate in the upper jaw; that of the lower jaw has five cusps.

The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia

Frank Evers Beddard