Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
(of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh;
- Example: "the carnassial teeth of carnivores"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Carnassial \Car*nas"si*al\, a. [Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous,
and L. caro, carnis, flesh.] (Anat.)
Adapted to eating flesh. -- n. A carnassial tooth;
especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
carnassial
adj 1: (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh; "the carnassial
teeth of carnivores"