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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"