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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canine \Ca*nine"\, n. (Anat.)
A canine tooth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side
the incisors.
{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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
canine
adj 1: of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
2: (zoology) 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: {eyetooth},
{dogtooth}, {cuspid}]
2: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and
typically long muzzles [syn: {canid}]
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