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post-canine
post-canine n. 
/(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈkanʌɪn/,
Brit. /(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈkeɪnʌɪn/
, /(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈkeɪnʌɪn//(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈkanʌɪn/U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/
Anatomy Zoology Physical Anthropology (a) adj. (esp. of a tooth) posterior to the canine teeth; (b) n. a tooth in this position./ˌpoʊs(t)ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/ΚΠ
1912 Science 5 Apr. 546 The postcanine diastema is reduced or absent.
1936 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 226 125 It will be seen from this series that the canine tooth occupies a constant position, and the post-canines remain close to it and do not occupy a much greater space in the old specimens than they do in the young.
1958 W. E. Swinton Fossil Amphibians & Reptiles (ed. 2) vii. 37 The post-canine teeth (cheek teeth) all have several cusps.
1991 Science (Nexis) 1 Mar. 1063 Older, well-worn postcanines are fused to the alveoli by a small ring of attachment bone.
2000 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Anthropol. 111 45 A postulated evolutionary trajectory through A. anamensis to A. afarensis would have involved postcanine megadontia and other adaptations to a more heavily masticated diet relative to the earlier Ardipithecus ramidus.
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