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carnassial
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carnassial [kär′nas·ē·əl]
(anatomy)
Of or pertaining to molar or premolar teeth specialized for cutting and shearing.
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The first premolar and molar comprise the carnassials pair, present on both the sides of the cat''s mouth.
Cat Body Information and Cat Care of Each Body Pary by Martin Marks / Pets and Animals community
Despite a tiger's reputedly more tractable personality, I am not about to put my head in its mouth and count its teeth: 3/3 Incisors; 1/1 canines; 3/2 premolar carnassials and; 1/1 carnassial molars (Webb & Elgood 1977: 103).
Tigers, humans and animots by Cloete, Elsie / Journal of Literary Studies
Carnassials act like scissors, and enable the tiger to shear meat off bones.
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