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carnassial

/kahr-nas-ee-uhl/US // kɑrˈnæs i əl //UK // (kɑːˈnæsɪəl) //

淫乱的,淫荡的,淫乱,淫荡

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : adapted for shearing flesh.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a carnassial tooth, especially the last upper premolar or the first lower molar tooth of certain carnivores.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The second is strong and essentially carnassial; it is compressed laterally and obliquely placed.

  • There is no carnassial tooth, and the teeth in other ways differ considerably from those of Carnivora vera.

  • In the Creodonta there are no specially differentiated carnassial teeth.

  • There is no special carnassial tooth, and the incisors are always fewer than 3/3.

  • The carnassial tooth of the upper jaw has three lobes to the blade; that of the lower jaw is without an inner cusp.