Carnassial Sentence Examples

With the single exception of the Indian sloth-bear, all the species have forty-two teeth, of which the incisors and canines closely resemble those of purely carnivorous mammals; while the molars, and especially the one known as the " sectorial " or " carnassial," have their surfaces tuberculated so as to adapt.

Cats, with their needle-like incisors and carnassial teeth, typically cause puncture wounds.

Carnassial teeth often cause puncture wounds when a cat bites a human.