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adjective
1.
of or like a dog; pertaining to or characteristic of dogs: canine loyalty.
2.
Anatomy, Zoology. of or pertaining to the four pointed teeth, especially prominent in dogs, situated one on each side of each jaw, next to the incisors.
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Canine
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| the outer, nonvascular, nonsensitive layer of the skin, covering the true skin or corium |
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English canine canine tooth (< Middle French ) < Latin canīnus, equivalent to can(is) dog + -īnus -ine1
1350–1400; Middle English canine canine tooth (< Middle French ) < Latin canīnus, equivalent to can(is) dog + -īnus -ine1
Related forms
su·per·ca·nine, adjective, noun
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Example Sentences
- It was not clear whether the canine in question was new on the job.
- The coyote, that cunning canine of wide-open spaces, has come to the nation's capital.
- Their canine teeth are much more prominent than ours.
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Word Origin & History
canine
"pointed tooth," late 14c., from L. caninus "of the dog," gen. of canis "dog," from PIE base *kwon- "dog" (cf. Gk. kyon, O.E. hund, O.H.G. hunt, O.Ir. cu, Welsh ci, Skt. svan-, Avestan spa, Rus. sobaka (apparently from an Iranian source), Armenian shun, Lith. suo). The adjective is attested from c.1600.
EXPANDThe noun meaning "dog" is first recorded 1869.
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Medical Dictionary
canine ca·nine (kā'nīn)
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of members of the family Canidae.
Of, relating to, or being one of the pointed conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids.
An animal of the family Canidae, especially a dog.
A canine tooth.
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canine  (kā'nīn) Pronunciation Key
Adjective
Noun A canine tooth. |
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