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canine
/ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/
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What does canine mean?
adjective
- Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
- Dog-like.
- Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
More meanings (5)
noun
- Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
- 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.
- Synonym of cuspid, the pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
- (slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
adjective
- (obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/
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Being thus assignable to no breed he was the ideal embodiment of canine greatness—a generalization from what was common to all.
It retreated a little way, very like a dog being sent home, and stopped, looking at me imploringly with canine brown eyes.
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I accepted the care of the canine patient, and Eltham with the others went off for more lights to search the shrubbery.
Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.
Besides, they made a formidable club of the lower jaw-bone of the cave-bear with its canine tooth still left in its place.