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canine

  • adjective
  • ca·nine
  • kāʹnīn

Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

Other meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.

  2. Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

Related words

  • canicross
  • caninal
  • caninekind
  • caninelike
  • caninely
  • canineness
  • caniniform
  • caninity
  • caninize
  • caninophile
  • condylocanine
  • intercanine

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “canine” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.