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Definition of Canine

1. Adjective. Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth.

2. Noun. One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae.

4. Noun. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.

Definition of Canine

1. a. 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. n. A canine tooth.

Definition of Canine

1. Adjective. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs. ¹

2. Adjective. Dog-like. ¹

3. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs. ¹

4. Noun. A dog or wolf, as distinct from a fox, which is a vulpine. ¹

5. Noun. In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid. ¹

6. Noun. (context: poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canine

1. a dog [n -S]

Medical Definition of Canine

1. Relating to, affecting, resembling or derived from a dog. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canine

canhouse canhouses canicide canicides canicola fever canicular canicular days canicule canid canids

canier caniest canikin canikins caninal canine (current term) canine adenovirus 1 canine amoebiasis canine babesiosis canine borreliosis

canine chorea canine distemper canine distemper virus canine dysautonomia canine ehrlichiosis canine eminence canine fossa canine hereditary blindness canine herpesvirus canine herpetovirus

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