CANINE

canine

(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae

canine, laniary

(adjective) of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

canine, canid

(noun) any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid

(noun) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

canine (not comparable)

Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

Dog-like.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.

(medicine, obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

Synonyms

• (of dogs): dogly, houndly

• (dog-like): dogly, doglike, houndly

Noun

canine (plural canines)

Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.

(formal) Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.

In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.

(poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.

Synonyms

• (dog or wolf): dog

• (pointy tooth): cuspid

Anagrams

• neanic

Source: Wiktionary

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Ca*nine", a. Etym: [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See Hound.]

1. Of or pertaining to the family Canidæ, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.

2. (Anat.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors. Canine appetite, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia.

– Canine letter, the letter r. See R.

– Canine madness, hydrophobia.

– Canine toth, a toth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developen in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw.

Ca*nine", n. (Anat.)

Definition: A canine tooth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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