gigantoprismatic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

giganto- +‎ prismatic

Adjective[edit]

gigantoprismatic (not comparable)

  1. (of tooth enamel) Having very large prisms
    • 2015 July 16, “Red Iron-Pigmented Tooth Enamel in a Multituberculate Mammal from the Late Cretaceous Transylvanian “Haţeg Island””, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Curiously, the taeniolabidoid multituberculate Lambdopsalis bulla that also has red teeth [53 ] and gigantoprismatic enamel [73 ] has very different tooth morphology with very small p4 and large molars.

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