carnassial in English

adjective
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denoting the large upper premolar and lower molar teeth of a carnivore, adapted for shearing flesh.
The diagnostic character for Carnivora is the carnassial pair, the fourth upper premolar and first lower molar, which in this group have been modified as shearing blades for effective slicing of meat.
noun
1
a carnassial tooth.
In carnivores, features of the dentition related to diet include the morphology of the upper canine, lower carnassial , and fourth premolar.

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1. Unlike later terrestrial predators (Fissipedia), carnassial teeth were either absent in Creodonts or occupied a different place in the tooth series.

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3. The Creodonts were originally thought of as the sister taxon to the carnivorans, perhaps even ancestral to, based on the presence of the carnassial teeth

4. Because they both possess carnassial teeth, Creodonts and carnivorans were once thought to have shared a common ancestor, but given that different teeth are involved in making up the carnassials (both between Creodonts and carnivorans …

5. Because they both possess carnassial teeth, Creodonts and carnivorans were once thought to have shared a common ancestor, but given that different teeth are involved in making up the carnassials (both between Creodonts and carnivorans and between the …

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