car|nas|si|al

car|nas|si|al
car|nas|si|al «kahr NAS ee uhl», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with certain teeth of carnivorous animals, adapted for tearing flesh (the last upper premolars and the first lower molars of living mammals): »

The cats also use the two bladelike carnassial teeth at the back of the jaws like the blades of a pair of scissors for slicing through the meat of the prey once it is killed (New Biology).

–n.
a carnassial tooth: »

Lastly, having cut off the flesh, those of the bones that are not too large are cracked by the more conical, less bladelike, teeth immediately in front of the carnassials (R. F. Ewer).

╂[< Middle French carnassier carnivorous, ultimately < Latin carō, carnis + English -al1]

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