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Canine

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 \Canine"\, 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. \Canine"\, n. (Anat.) A canine tooth.

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

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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