2 example sentences using carnassial.
Carnassial used in a sentence
Carnassial in a sentence as an adjective
The carnivores carnassials are more jagged because of the limited room for their cutting action since the are in their cheeks.
Interestingly, the teeth that are adapted for meat eating in carnivores, their carnassials, are pretty similar in general shape to our incisors and canines.
Carnassial definitions
adjective
(of a tooth) adapted for shearing flesh; "the carnassial teeth of carnivores"