Definition of "premolar" []

• One of eight bicuspid teeth located in pairs on each side of the upper and lower jaws behind the canines and in front of the molars. (noun)

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• ""There are three small upper premolars between the quasi-canine tooth and the large scissor-toothed premolar, which is much developed.""
• "In the lower jaw the lowermost incisor is very large, and projects almost horizontally forwards, and it is followed by three small teeth now acknowledged to be premolars, with another large premolar, which is of the nature of a carnassial or cutting tooth acting on the one in the upper jaw."
• "However, G. blacki can be distinguished from the extant hominids by having relatively higher values for postcanine root length and surface area, both absolutely and relative to mandibular size (except for premolar root lengths of humans)."