canine (adj.)

  1. of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

    [ Syn: laniary ]

  2. of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae

    canine (n.)

  1. one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

    [ Syn: canine tooth , eyetooth , eye tooth , dogtooth , cuspid ]

  2. any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

    [ Syn: canid ]

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