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la⋅ni⋅ar⋅y

[ley-nee-er-ee, lan-ee-]
–adjective
1. (of teeth) adapted for tearing.
–noun
2. a laniary tooth; a canine of daggerlike shape.

Origin:
1820–30; < L laniārius of a butcher, equiv. to lani(us) butcher + -ārius -ary
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