Premorse

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Premorse \Pre*morse"\, a. [L. praemorsus, p. p. of praemordere
     to bite off; prae before + mordere to bite.]
     Terminated abruptly, or as it bitten off.
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     {Premorse root} or {Premorse leaves} (Bot.), such as have an


        abrupt, ragged, and irregular termination, as if bitten
        off short.
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