lophid

English

Etymology

From lopho- (“ridge”) +‎ -id (“pertaining to”).

Adjective

lophid (not generally comparable, comparative more lophid, superlative most lophid)

1. (zoology, palentology, archaeology, usually of teeth) Featuring or characterized by a crest or ridge.
   • 2004, Gavin Prideaux, Systematics and Evolution of the Sthenurine Kangaroos‎^[1], page 64:

     Similarities include minimal division of the paracristid and cristid obliqua, paucity of enamel crenulations on the lophid faces and, to a lesser degree, anterior turn of the lophid ends

Noun

lophid (plural lophids)

1. (zoology, palentology, archaeology) A ridge on molars or other teeth formed by a modification of cusps.
   • 1967, David Whistler, Oreodonts of the Tick Canyon Formation, Southern California‎^[2], page s.n.:

     There is a very small wear facet on the tip of the first lophid.

   • 2009, Yohannes Haile-Selassie, Giday WoldeGabriel, Ardipithecus Kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia‎^[3], page 471:

     In early Elephantoidia, the mesial root supports only the first lophid of the molar.

Derived terms

• interlophid
• mesolophid
• neolophid

Anagrams

• pholid