(Tooth) in front of molars, or between molars and canines.
In mammals, one of the large teeth toward the back of the mouth. In herbivores they are adapted for grinding. In carnivores they may be carnassials. Premolars are present in milk dentition as well as permanent dentition.A tooth having two cusps or points; located between the incisors and the molars; SYN. bicuspid.