Canine tooth

canine tooth
    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}]
    

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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