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canine
CIDE DICTIONARY
canine, a. [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See Hound.].
- 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. [1913 Webster] - Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors. [1913 Webster]
canine, n.
A canine tooth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
canine, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 of a dog or dogs.
2 of or belonging to the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.
--n.
1 a dog.
2 (in full canine tooth) a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars.
--adj.
1 of a dog or dogs.
2 of or belonging to the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.
--n.
1 a dog.
2 (in full canine tooth) a pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars.
Etymology
ME f. canin -ine or f. L caninus f. canis dog
THESAURUS
canine
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canine
Animal
N animal, animal kingdom, fauna, brute creation, beast, brute, creature, critter, wight, created being, creeping thing, living thing, dumb animal, dumb creature, zoophyte, mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian, fish, crustacean, shellfish, mollusk, worm, insect, arthropod, microbe, microbe, animalcule, alligator, crocodile, saurian, dinosaur (extinct), snake, serpent, viper, eft, asp, aspick, frog, toad, trout, bass, tuna, muskelunge, sailfish, sardine, mackerel, ant, mosquito, bee, honeybee, tardigrade, spider, biped, quadruped, webfoot, flocks and herds, live stock, domestic animals, wild animals, game, ferae naturae, beasts of the field, fowls of the air, denizens of the sea, black game, black grouse, blackcock, duck, grouse, plover, rail, snipe, horse, cattle, kine, ox, bull, bullock, cow, milch cow, calf, heifer, shorthorn, sheep, lamb, lambkin, ewe, ram, tup, pig, swine, boar, hog, sow, steer, stot, tag, teg, bison, buffalo, yak, zebu, dog, cat, dog, hound, pup, puppy, whelp, cur, mongrel, house dog, watch dog, sheep dog, shepherd's dog, sporting dog, fancy dog, lap dog, toy dog, bull dog, badger dog, mastiff, blood hound, grey hound, stag hound, deer hound, fox hound, otter hound, harrier, beagle, spaniel, pointer, setter, retriever, Newfoundland, water dog, water spaniel, pug, poodle, turnspit, terrier, fox terrier, Skye terrier, Dandie Dinmont, collie, feline, puss, pussy, grimalkin, gib cat, tom cat, fox, Reynard, vixen, stag, deer, hart, buck, doe, roe, caribou, coyote, elk, moose, musk ox, sambar, bird, poultry, fowl, cock, hen, chicken, chanticleer, partlet, rooster, dunghill cock, barn door fowl, feathered tribes, feathered songster, singing bird, dicky bird, canary, warbler, finch, aberdevine, cushat, cygnet, ringdove, siskin, swan, wood pigeon, vermin, varmint, pest, animal, zoological equine, bovine, vaccine, canine, feline, fishy, piscatory, piscatorial, molluscous, vermicular, gallinaceous, rasorial, solidungulate, soliped.For further exploring for "canine" in Webster Dictionary Online
