What does caninoid mean?
Caninoid means Having the appearance or characteristics of a canine (canid)..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Having the appearance or characteristics of a canine (canid)..
"The vast underground garage is patrolled by another species of humanoid (caninoid?), these tooled to look like pet dogs but functioning as police vehicles."
Lower jaw with several rows at anterior, outer row enlarged, posterior teeth larger but not caninoid. Upper jaw with several rows at anterior, less rows than lower jaw, outer row larger but not caninoid. No canines present.
2018 Vyacheslav Kharchienko et al, eds, Dependable IoT for Human and Industry: Modeling, Architecting, Implementation, River Publishers, 2018, page 38. "A local company (Boston Dynamics) has produced a family of robots who have become media stars: ...; SpotMini a "caninoid" can open doors, descend stairs backwards, and run autonomously in mixed human robot packs."
"Probably the terminal, wide, oblique mouth, usually armed with enlarged teeth or caninoids or large canines of the Otalithinae, indicates the hunting of prey in superficial water,..."
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Caninoid means Having the appearance or characteristics of a canine (canid)..
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"The vast underground garage is patrolled by another species of humanoid (caninoid?), these tooled to look like pet dogs but functioning as police vehicles."
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