laniariform
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]laniariform (comparative more laniariform, superlative most laniariform)
- (anatomy) Shaped like a laniary, or canine tooth.
- 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
- 1840-1845, Richard Owen, Odontography
References
[edit]“laniariform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.