Caninophile
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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