 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
canine
adjective
1: of or relating to a pointed conical tooth [syn: {laniary}]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family
Canidae
noun
1: one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw)
located between the incisors and the premolars [syn: {canine
tooth}, {eyetooth}, {eye tooth}, {dogtooth}, {cuspid}]
2: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and
typically long muzzles [syn: {canid}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Canine \Ca*nine"\, noun (Anat.)
A canine tooth.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Canine \Ca*nine"\, adjective [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "canine":
Seeing Eye dog, 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, 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
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