WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
car•nas•si•al
(kär nas′ē əl),USA pronunciation [Zool.]
adj.
n.
adj.
- Zoology(of teeth) adapted for shearing flesh.
n.
- Zoologya carnassial tooth, esp. the last upper premolar or the first lower molar tooth of certain carnivores.
- Latin carn-, stem of carō) + -ier -ary) + -al1
- Provencal, equivalent. to carnasse augmentative derivative of carn flesh, meat (
- French carnassi(er) flesh-eating (
- 1840–50
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