BICUSPID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bicuspid mean? 

• BICUSPID (noun)
  The noun BICUSPID has 1 sense:

1. a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars

  Familiarity information: BICUSPID used as a noun is very rare.

• BICUSPID (adjective)
  The adjective BICUSPID has 1 sense:

1. having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)

  Familiarity information: BICUSPID used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BICUSPID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bicuspid; premolar

Hypernyms ("bicuspid" is a kind of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Derivation:

bicuspid (having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth))

• BICUSPID (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having two cusps or points (especially a molar tooth)

Synonyms:

bicuspid; bicuspidate

Context example:

bicuspid leaves

Similar:

angular; angulate (having angles or an angular shape)

Derivation:

bicuspid (a tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars)