page_title: Molar (tooth)
section_title: Secodont
hierarchical_section_title: Molar (tooth) / Morphology / Secodont
caption_attribution_description: English: Carnassials of an Italian wolf skull
context_page_description: The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth. They are more developed in mammals. They are used primarily to grind food during chewing. The name molar derives from Latin, molaris dens, meaning "millstone tooth", from mola, millstone and dens, tooth. Molars show a great deal of diversity in size and shape across mammal groups.
context_section_description: Many carnivorous mammals have enlarged and blade-like teeth especially adapted for slicing and chopping called carnassials. A general term for such blade-like teeth is secodont or plagiaulacoid.
caption: Carnassials of a Eurasian wolf
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