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adj. - (of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh.

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  • The carnassial teeth of carnivores
  • The incisors are somewhat larger than, but the canines and premolars approximate to, those of the felines; the crown of the incisors is cuspidate, and the premolars increase...
  • From the carnassial tooth you can infer the reduced clavicle, and so on.
  • Grey wolf bones were found below the 960 BP layer, and a wolf carnassial tooth even lower.
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