multituberculate

[ muhl-tee-too-bur-kyuh-lit, -leyt, -tyoo-, muhl-tahy- ]

noun

1. a rodentlike mammal of the extinct order Multituberculata, which lived from the late Jurassic Period to the Oligocene Epoch, reaching the size of a woodchuck and having molars with two or three rows of simple pointed cusps.

adjective

1. of or relating to the multituberculates.
2. having teeth with many simple, pointed cusps.

Word History and Origins

Origin of multituberculate¹

From New Latin Multituberculata (1884); multi-, tuberculate, -ata ¹

Example Sentences

Ptilodus is a genus which has two premolars; and Meniscoessus is another multituberculate from the same Laramic formation.

From Project Gutenberg

This is exceedingly interesting when regarded in conjunction with its multituberculate molars.

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Additional remains of the multituberculate genus Eucosmodon.

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