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carnassial

/kəˈnɑːsɪəl/

carnassial noun: one of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.

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.

carnassial meaning in Tamil

carnassial in Tamil

நறுக்குகின்ற, கோரைப்பல்

Forms of carnassial

pluralcarnassials

Origin of carnassial

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

Questions about carnassial

What does carnassial mean?
Carnassial means one of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.
What is carnassial in Tamil?
Carnassial in Tamil is நறுக்குகின்ற, கோரைப்பல். See Carnassial meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carnassial?
Carnassial is a noun.
How do you pronounce carnassial?
Carnassial is pronounced /kəˈnɑːsɪəl/.
What is the plural of carnassial?
The plural of carnassial is carnassials.

Words near carnassial in the dictionary

  1. carnaries
  2. carnaroli
  3. Carnarvon
  4. Carnarvonshire
  5. carnary
  6. carnassial
  7. carnassials
  8. carnate
  9. Carnathan
  10. Carnathans
  11. Carnatic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carnassial (page history and authors); carnassial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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