cusped

[kuhspt]
adjective
having a cusp or cusps; cusplike.
Also, cus·pate [kuhs-pit, -peyt] , cus·pat·ed.


Origin:
1815–25; cusp + -ed3

un·cusped, adjective
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cuspate, cuspated or cusped (ˈkʌspɪt, -peɪt, kʌspt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  having a cusp or cusps
2.  shaped like a cusp; cusplike
 
cuspated, cuspated or cusped
 
adj
 
cusped, cuspated or cusped
 
adj

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Cusped is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Example sentences
Elk harvested later in the season may be in the process of losing this three-cusped molar.
The shark is gray or brownish with spots, and its top jaw has jagged cusped teeth and the bottom comb shaped.
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