canine

Noun · Adjective

Synonyms: canine tooth eyetooth eye tooth dogtooth cuspid canid laniary

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolarsSynonyms: canine tooth eyetooth eye tooth dogtooth cuspid
any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzlesSynonyms: canid

Adjective (2)

of or relating to a pointed conical toothSynonyms: laniary
of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Canine \Ca*nine"\, n. (Anat.) A canine tooth. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

2.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]