| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bicuspid |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bi·cus·pid |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b -k s p d |
| ADJECTIVE: | Having two points or cusps, as the crescent moon. | | NOUN: | A bicuspid tooth, especially a premolar. | | ETYMOLOGY: | New Latin bicuspis, bicuspid- : Latin bi-, two; see bi–1 + Latin cuspis, sharp point.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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