Canine

canine
    adj 1: of or relating to a pointed conical tooth [syn: {canine},
           {laniary}]
    2: of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family
       Canidae
    n 1: 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}]
    2: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and
       typically long muzzles [syn: {canine}, {canid}]
    

Canine \Ca*nine"\, n. (Anat.)
   A canine tooth.
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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.
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   2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side
      the incisors.
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   {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.
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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "canine":
      Seeing Eye dog, 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, 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