PREMORSE


Meaning of PREMORSE in English

/pri mawrs"/ , adj. Biol.

having the end irregularly truncate, as if bitten or broken off.

[ 1745-55; praemorsus bitten off in front (ptp. of praemordere ), equiv. to prae- PRE- + morsus bitten; see MORSEL ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .