Caninophile

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who loves dogs.

    "What was the name of her father, the old banker who made love to his dog and wintered in Portugal – a caninophile, gone in the tooth, gone in the wind?"

Example

More examples

"What was the name of her father, the old banker who made love to his dog and wintered in Portugal – a caninophile, gone in the tooth, gone in the wind?"

Etymology

From canine + -o- + -phile.

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