'Canine' definitions:
Definition of 'canine'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth [syn: canine, laniary]
adjective
Of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
noun
One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars [syn: canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid]
noun
Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles [syn: canine, canid]
Definition of 'Canine'
From: GCIDE
- Canine \Ca*nine"\, n. (Anat.) A canine tooth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Canine'
From: GCIDE
- Canine \Ca*nine"\, a. [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See Hound.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the family Canid[ae], or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors. [1913 Webster]
- Canine appetite, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia.
- Canine letter, the letter r. See R.
- Canine madness, hydrophobia.
- Canine tooth, a tooth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developed in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'canine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amphibian,
- aquatic,
- baby tooth,
- bandog,
- bicuspid,
- biped,
- bitch,
- bowwow,
- bucktooth,
- cannibal,
- carnivore,
- cosmopolite,
- crown,
- cuspid,
- cutter,
- deciduous tooth,
- dent,
- denticle,
- denticulation,
- dentil,
- dentition,
- dog,
- doggy,
- dogtooth,
- eyetooth,
- fancy dog,
- fang,
- feline,
- fore tooth,
- foxlike,
- foxy,
- gagtooth,
- gang tooth,
- gnawer,
- gold tooth,
- grinder,
- guide dog,
- gyp,
- herbivore,
- hound,
- incisor,
- insectivore,
- invertebrate,
- kennel,
- lap dog,
- lupine,
- mammal,
- mammalian,
- marsupial,
- marsupialian,
- milk tooth,
- molar,
- omnivore,
- pack of dogs,
- peg,
- permanent tooth,
- pivot tooth,
- pooch,
- premolar,
- primate,
- pup,
- puppy,
- quadruped,
- reptile,
- rodent,
- ruminant,
- scavenger,
- scrivello,
- Seeing Eye dog,
- sheep dog,
- show dog,
- sled dog,
- slut,
- snag,
- snaggletooth,
- tooth,
- toy dog,
- tush,
- tusk,
- tyke,
- ungulate,
- varmint,
- vermin,
- vertebrate,
- vulpine,
- watchdog,
- whelp,
- wisdom tooth,
- wolfish,
- working dog