Dictionary
ca•nine
Pronunciation: (kā'nīn), [key]—
adj.
1. of or like a dog; pertaining to or characteristic of dogs:
canine loyalty.
2. Anat., Zool.of or pertaining to the four pointed teeth, esp. prominent in dogs, situated one on each side of each jaw, next to the incisors.
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n.
1. a canid.
2. a dog.
3. a canine tooth; cuspid. See illus. under
tooth. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.