carnassial : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: carnassial	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for carnassial
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carnassial adj (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh; "the carnassial teeth of carnivores"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Carnassial \Carnas"sial\, 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.