premolar
adjective
situated in front of the molar teeth.
premolars
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pluralof premolar.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Nor the “bizarrely specialized” family of carnivorous marsupials, Malleodectidae, which used their massive ball peen-like third premolars to crush snails.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025
Larger premolars are better at slicing through leaves and twigs of shrubs, while larger molars are better for grinding up grass and other plants that are closer to the ground.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2024
Toasted just enough to bring out its subtly nutty flavor and, thus, pebbly enough to reduce one of my favorite premolars into a crumble of toothy dust.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 27, 2021
Looking at the teeth, for example, the premolars of H. luzonensis are large and one of them has an extra tooth root—primitive features.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 11, 2019
The two middle incisors are close together, and so large as to conceal the small outer ones, while in the lower jaw there are but two small incisors; the premolars numbering 1/2.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various
