[ad. L. laniārius pertaining to a butcher, f. lanius butcher, f. laniāre to tear.] A. adj. Of teeth: Adapted for tearing; canine. B. sb. A laniary or canine tooth.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. 445. These are principally their claws or laniary teeth.
1839–47. Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 242/1. The laniaries [of Insectivora] small.
1854. R. Owen, Skel. & Teeth, in Circ. Sci., Organ. Nat., I. 270. The laniary or canine teeth of carnivorous quadrupeds. Ibid., 271. Some [teeth] present the laniary type.
1888. Syd. Soc. Lex., Laniary teeth.
