(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:22:04

Car*nas"si*al (?), a. [Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous, and L. caro, carnis, flesh.] Anat.

Adapted to eating flesh.

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n.

A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.

 

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