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Definition of Carnassial
1. Adjective. (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh. "The carnassial teeth of carnivores"
Definition of Carnassial
1. a. Adapted to eating flesh.
Definition of Carnassial
1. Noun. One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carnassial
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Carnassial
1. Adapted for shearing flesh; denoting those teeth designed to cut flesh. Origin: Fr. Carnassier, carnivorous, fr. L. Caro, flesh (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carnassial
Literary usage of Carnassial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1907)
"I also indicate the length of the upper carnassial, measured along its outer edge.
The lower carnassial tooth (Plate I., fig. ..."
2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"The first upper true molar is placed entirely »n the inner side of the large
carnassial ; the lower carnassial, except «r its rather larger talon, ..."
3. On the Anatomy of Vertebrates by Richard Owen (1868)
"Here the lower tooth, mI, instead of presenting the carnassial character, and
resembling in form the upper tooth, p 4, which is the homologue of the upper ..."
4. A Manual of Palæontology, for the Use of Students: With a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"There is never more than one lower molar (nt. 2) behind the carnassial, and if
present that tooth is very small. In the existing genus the humerus has no ..."
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