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Etymology

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From laniary +‎ -form.

Adjective

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laniariform (comparative more laniariform, superlative most laniariform)

  1. (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

References

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laniariform”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.