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laniariform

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Shaped like a laniary, or canine tooth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Examples

  • 1840-1845, Richard Owen, Odontography the presence not only of canines, but of a pair of laniariform incisors in the upper jaw of the Camelidæ

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History

Etymology

From laniary + -form.