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Carnassial

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Adjective

1. carnassial

(of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh

Example Sentences:
'the carnassial teeth of carnivores'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Carnassial

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adjective
1. zoology
of, relating to, or designating the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of carnivores, which have sharp edges for tearing flesh
noun
2. 
a carnassial tooth

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Carnassial

see synonyms of carnassial
adjective
1. 
designating or of teeth of a flesh-eating animal specialized for slicing or shearing rather than tearing, esp. the last premolars of the upper jaw and the first molars of the lower jaw
noun
2. 
a carnassial tooth

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Carnassial

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adj.
Adapted for tearing apart flesh: carnassial teeth.
n.
A tooth adapted for tearing apart flesh, especially one of the last upper premolar or first lower molar teeth in carnivorous mammals.

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