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  • adjective biology Describing the molars of some insectivores that have three peaks

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  • Docodonts had characteristically broad molars and a complex dentition that appears to have been rather like that of tribosphenic mammals, and both the homology of their tooth cusps, and their affinities to other mammals, have proved controversial.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

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