cuspate

British

/ ˈkʌspɪt, -peɪt, kʌspt /

adjective

having a cusp or cusps
shaped like a cusp; cusplike

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He had a head full of cuspate teeth, and when he snored in the bunk his eyes opened, showing only the grisly whites while the irises pointed elsewhere inside the skull.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 14, 2019

This cuspate ash, as it’s called, is hazardous to humans in two ways.

From Scientific American ● May 22, 2018

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