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Canine

//ˈkeɪnaɪn// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs. not-comparable

    "Two canine animals in a time of dearth, may be truly said to struggle with each other which shall get food and live."

  2. 2
    Dog-like. not-comparable

    "In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine—positively."

  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs. not-comparable

    "Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited."

  4. 4
    Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders. not-comparable, obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to a pointed conical tooth wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.

    "Whatever the case, the pair’s adventure certainly became famous in 2016, when a large dating program of fossils and artefacts from Chauvet Cave, which included the smear of charcoal discarded by the child, confirmed that the tracks constitute the oldest unequivocal evidence of a relationship between humans and canines."

  2. 2
    any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles wordnet
  3. 3
    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. formal

    "The canine ran across the room to the open window, put his front paws on the sill and pointed his nose at the sidewalk below."

  4. 4
    one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars wordnet
  5. 5
    In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.

    "He tried to push Kissu into his cage, but the cougar charged back out and sank his canines into Wilson's rump."

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  1. 6
    A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity. slang

    "You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine") in your pocket."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin canīnus (“of dogs, dog-like”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin.

Etymology 2

From Latin canīnus (“of dogs, dog-like”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin.

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