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canine definition

ca·nine (nīn′)

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

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