adjective

1. of or like a dog
2. of the family (Canidae) of carnivores that includes dogs, wolves, jackals, and foxes

Etymology: L caninus < canis, dog: see hound

noun

1. a dog or other canine animal
2. a sharp-pointed tooth on either side of the upper jaw and lower jaw, between the incisors and the bicuspids, having a long single root; a cuspid or (in the upper jaw) eyetooth
   in full canine tooth