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Etymology

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From multi- +‎ cuspidate.

Adjective

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multicuspidate (comparative more multicuspidate, superlative most multicuspidate)

  1. Having more than one cusp. This is a zoological term usually said of a type of tooth.
    • 1911, Sir John Bland-Sutton, Tumors, innocent and malignant, Funk and Wagnalls, page 554:
      When the crown is simple the root is long; multicuspidate teeth have short roots.