Definition of Canine

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

Exact synonyms: Canine Tooth, Cuspid, Dogtooth, Eye Tooth, Eyetooth
Specialized synonyms: Fang
Generic synonyms: Tooth
Derivative terms: Cuspidal

2. Adjective. Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth.
Exact synonyms: Laniary

3. Noun. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
Exact synonyms: Canid
Generic synonyms: Carnivore
Group relationships: Canidae, Family Canidae
Specialized synonyms: Bitch, Canis Familiaris, Dog, Domestic Dog, Wolf, Canis Aureus, Jackal, Wild Dog, Hyaena, Hyena, Fox
Terms within: Paw

4. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae.
Category relationships: Zoological Science, Zoology
Partainyms: Canidae

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

Literary usage of Canine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1882)
"By BURT G. WILDER, of Ithaca, NY IN all kittens examined by me, and in a young African lion, the mesal aspect of the deciduous mandibular canine tooth ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1893)
"The temporary teeth are twenty in number—four incisors, two canine, ... The upper canine teeth (vulgarly called ei/i'-tfi'tli) are larger and longer than ..."

3. Frank Forester's Field Sports of the United States, and British Provinces by Henry William Herbert (1864)
"(D.) canine MADNESS. FROM my childhood upward 1 have been among dogs. ... Since studying Elaine's canine Pathology, I am satisfied that I carried my theory ..."

4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1890)
"40, and, among others, its tendency to produce canine madness. ... 22, speaking of canine madness, says, that it is communicated by the dog to all animals, ..."

5. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1882)
"IN all kittens examined by me, and in a young African lion, the mesal aspect of the deciduous mandibular canine tooth presents a small, but perfectly ..."

6. The Contemporary Review (1892)
"canine MORALS AND MANNERS. JL our domestic animals which form the bond of their ... It must be borne in mind that in dealing with these primitive canine ..."

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