单词 | carnassial |
释义 | carnassial[ kahr-nas-ee-uhl ] / kɑrˈnæs i əl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR carnassial ON THESAURUS.COM adjective(of teeth) adapted for shearing flesh. nouna carnassial tooth, especially the last upper premolar or the first lower molar tooth of certain carnivores. Origin of carnassial1840–50; <French carnassi(er) flesh-eating (<Provençal, equivalent to carnasse augmentative derivative of carn flesh, meat (<Latin carn-, stem of carō) + -ier-ary) + -al1 Words nearby carnassialcarnal knowledge, carnallite, Carnap, carnaroli, Carnarvon, carnassial, Carnatic, carnation, carnauba, Carné, Carneades Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for carnassialBritish Dictionary definitions for carnassialcarnassial / (kɑːˈnæsɪəl) / adjectivezoology of, relating to, or designating the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of carnivores, which have sharp edges for tearing flesh nouna carnassial tooth Word Origin for carnassialC19: from French carnassier meat-eating, from Provençal, from carnasso abundance of meat, from carn meat, flesh, from Latin carō Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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