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carnassial, a. (n.) Comparative Anat.|kɑːˈnæsɪəl|
[f. F. carnassier carnivorous = Pr. carnacier, med.L. carnacerius butcher, bourreau, f. L. type *carnāce-us of or pertaining to flesh, f. carn-em flesh + -al1.]
A. adj. ‘Relating to flesh eating’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.); used of certain teeth of carnivorous animals, specially adapted for tearing flesh.
B. as n. A tooth adapted for eating flesh.
1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 907/1 The tooth..has a..carnassial modification of form. Ibid. 911/2 The fourth premolar is the carnassial tooth. 1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (c 1865) II. 109/2 The lower carnassials of the lion. 1875Blake Zool. 78 The carnassial apparatus of these predaceous marsupials. |