Meaning

Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
2. Dog-like.
3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
4. (medicine, obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.
5. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
6. (formal) Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
7. Synonym of cuspid, the pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
8. (poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.

Example Sentences

Two canine animals in a time of dearth, may be truly said to struggle with each other which shall get food and live.

We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. […] I accepted the care of the canine patient.

Police in a West Springfield arrested a man named Kenneth Appleby and suggested that he might be a local version of Houston's Dean Corll (this was before John Gacy's Illinois murders had been discovered). Appleby's yard was dug up, but the only bones discovered was canine.

A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company[…]

In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine—positively.

I look for reflections, in your face Canine devotion, time can't erase Out on the corner, locked in your room I never believe them and I never assume

Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.

Whatever the case, the pair’s adventure certainly became famous in 2016, when a large dating program of fossils and artefacts from Chauvet Cave, which included the smear of charcoal discarded by the child, confirmed that the tracks constitute the oldest unequivocal evidence of a relationship between humans and canines.

Word Forms

• canines

Synonyms for canine

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When Should You Use Canine?

Use canine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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