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ca⋅nine

  [key-nahyn]
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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, esp. prominent in dogs, situated one on each side of each jaw, next to the incisors.
–noun
3. a canid.
4. a dog.
5. a canine tooth; cuspid.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME canine canine tooth (< MF) < L canīnus, equiv. to can(is) dog + -īnus -ine 1

Related forms:
ca⋅nin⋅i⋅ty  [key-nin-i-tee] , noun
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ca·nine   (kā'nīn)   
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the canids.

  2. Of, relating to, or being one of the pointed conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids.

n.  

  1. An animal of the family Canidae, especially a dog.

  2. One of the pointed, conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids. Also called cuspid.


[Latin canīnus, from canis, dog; see kwon- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

canine  (n.)
"pointed teeth," 1398, 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 1607. The noun meaning "dog" is first recorded 1869.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1ca·nine
Pronunciation: 'kA-"nIn, Brit also 'kan-"In
Function: noun
1 : a conical pointed tooth;especially : one situated between the lateral incisor and the first premolar
2 : any member of the family Canidae : DOG

Main Entry: 2canine
Function: adjective
: of or relating to dogs or to the family Canidae
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Medical Dictionary

canine ca·nine (kā'nīn)
adj.

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of members of the family Canidae.

  2. Of, relating to, or being one of the pointed conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids.

n.

  1. An animal of the family Canidae, especially a dog.

  2. A canine tooth.

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Science Dictionary
canine   (kā'nīn)  Pronunciation Key 
Adjective  

  1. Characteristic of or resembling dogs, wolves, or related animals.

  2. Relating to any of the four pointed teeth located behind the incisors in most mammals. In carnivores, the canine teeth are adapted for cutting and tearing meat.


Noun   A canine tooth.
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