trituberculy

noun

tri·​tu·​ber·​cu·​ly

-lē

plural -es

: the state of being tritubercular or showing evidence of having developed from a tritubercular ancestral type

—used especially in reference to a theory of the origin of mammalian molar teeth supposing them to have developed through tritubercular forms compare multituberculy

Word History

Etymology

trituberculate + -y

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