Car-nā'ssi-al1, a.
a. [Lat. caro, carnis, flesh, and edere, to eat.] Adapted for eating flesh; as, carnassial teeth. R. Owen.
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a. [Lat. caro, carnis, flesh, and edere, to eat.] Adapted for eating flesh; as, carnassial teeth. R. Owen.
n. (Compar. Anat.) A tooth adapted for eating flesh. R. Owen.