cusps
- plural of cusp.
Example Sentences
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Its teeth possessed sharp cusps and crests for slicing through the exoskeleton of insects and lacked the rounded crushing surfaces useful for eating fruit.
From Reuters ● Apr. 13, 2023
Mr. Biden held a similar celebration with former President Barack Obama last year on the cusps of the midterms.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
The researchers digitized the strange tooth using an x-ray scanner at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, precisely measuring its cusps, ridges, and crests.
From Science Magazine ● May 17, 2022
Not the steak knives of T. rex, but teeth with complex cusps and valleys.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2022
He had carried this innocent precision, these dainty demoded cusps, through misery and passion to old age.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
