carnassial

English

Etymology

From French carnass(ier) (“carnivorous”) +‎ -ial, from Occitan carnassa, from carn +‎ -assa (feminine form of Occitan -às), from Latin carn- + -āceus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɑːsɪəl/

Noun

carnassial (plural carnassials)

1. One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.

Translations

flesh shearing tooth of a carnivore

• Polish: łamacz m anim
• Portuguese: dente (pt) carniceiro (pt)
• Russian: хищный (ru) (xiščnyj) зуб (ru) (zub)
• Spanish: muela (es) carnicera (es)

References

• “carnassial”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
• “carnassial”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “carnassial”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.