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laniary

laniary adjective: lacerating or tearing.

Adjective

laniary (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Lacerating or tearing
    • the laniary canine teeth

Noun

laniary (plural laniaries)

  1. (archaic) A canine tooth.

Forms of laniary

plurallaniaries

Origin of laniary

From Latin laniarium, from lanius (“a butcher”).

Words formed from laniary

Questions about laniary

What does laniary mean?
Laniary means lacerating or tearing.
What part of speech is laniary?
Laniary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near laniary in the dictionary

  1. Laniakea
  2. laniard
  3. laniards
  4. laniaries
  5. laniariform
  6. laniary
  7. laniate
  8. laniation
  9. laniatorean
  10. laniatoreans
  11. lanicemine

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