Carnassial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Adapted to eating flesh.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sectorial; adapted for cutting and tearing flesh: applied to the specialized trenchant or cutting molar or premolar of the Carnivora.
  • n. A sectorial tooth; the last upper premolar or first lower molar tooth of those Carnivora which have a typically carnivorous dentition, as the cat or dog.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh
  • Equivalent
    sharp