About The Word Canine

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Canine

Canine Meaning & Definition
Canine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Canine?

[n] any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
[n] one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
[adj] (zoology) of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
[adj] of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Canine: canid | canine tooth | cuspid | dogtooth | eye tooth | eyetooth | laniary

Related Terms | Find terms related to Canine: amphibian | aquatic | baby tooth | bandog | bicuspid | biped | bitch | bowwow | bucktooth | cannibal | carnivore | cosmopolite | crown | cuspid | cutter | deciduous tooth | dent | denticle | denticulation | dentil | dentition | dog | doggy | dogtooth | eyetooth | fancy dog | fang | feline | fore tooth | foxlike | foxy | gagtooth | gang tooth | gnawer | gold tooth | grinder | guide dog | gyp | herbivore | hound | incisor | insectivore | invertebrate | kennel | lap dog | lupine | mammal | mammalian | marsupial | marsupialian | milk tooth | molar | omnivore | pack of dogs | peg | permanent tooth | pivot tooth | pooch | premolar | primate | pup | puppy | quadruped | reptile | rodent | ruminant | scavenger | scrivello | Seeing Eye dog | sheep dog | show dog | sled dog | slut | snag | snaggletooth | tooth | toy dog | tush | tusk | tyke | ungulate | varmint | vermin | vertebrate | vulpine | watchdog | whelp | wisdom tooth | wolfish | working dog

See Also | bitch | Canidae | Canis aureus | Canis familiaris | carnivore | dog | domestic dog | family Canidae | fang | fox | hyaena | hyena | jackal | paw | tooth | wild dog | wolf

Canine In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*nine"\, a. [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See {Hound}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the family {Canid[ae]}, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog. 2. (Anat.) 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 tooth}, a tooth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developed 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.) A canine tooth.

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