Wiktionary
multituberculate
a. (context zoology of teeth English) Having molars with multiple rows of cusps. n. Any of a small group of rodent-like mammals, of the order ''Multituberculata'', from the Cretaceous and Paleocene periods.
Usage examples of "multituberculate".
Some of the most primitive mammals were the little-known multituberculates, who may have been ancestral to the monotremes or could have arisen independently.
Some of the most primitive mammals were the little-known multituberculates, who may have been ancestral to the monotremes or could have arisen independently.
Named for the rows of uniform cusps on their teeth, the multituberculates lived past the end of the Cretaceous before becoming extinct after 150 million years of existence.