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
- : adapted for shearing flesh.
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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