The plates are closely cemented together and in the early tooth they extend above the surface in a series of lophs. Because there are many of them that make up the whole molar, the tooth is called a polylophodont.
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Loph
//ləʊf//
Synonyms for "loph"
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I include only 15 cheektooth features, although one could define a great many more in a loph-by-loph analysis.
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