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English
Etymology
From multi- + tuberculate.
Adjective
multituberculate (not comparable)
- (zoology, of teeth) Having molars with multiple rows of cusps.
Noun
multituberculate (plural multituberculates)
- Any of a small group of rodent-like mammals, of the order †Multituberculata, from the Cretaceous and Paleocene periods.
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