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canine

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WOTD – 3 November 2013

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From Latin canīnus (“of dogs, dog-like”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin.

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canine (not comparable)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
    • 1913, Sax Rohmer, chapter 8, in The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu:
      We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. […] I accepted the care of the canine patient.
    • 2005, Gareth Roberts, Only Human, page 17:
      A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company […]
  2. Dog-like.
  3. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
    • 1872, Charles Darwin, chapter 10, in Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals:
      Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.
  4. (medicine, obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

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canine (plural canines)

 
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  1. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 187:
      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.
  2. (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.
    • 2010, M. S. Mititch, The Spychip Conspiracy, page 189:
      The canine ran across the room to the open window, put his front paws on the sill and pointed his nose at the sidewalk below.
  3. In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
    • 2006, Amy Sutherland, Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Animal Trainers:
      He tried to push Kissu into his cage, but the cougar charged back out and sank his canines into Wilson's rump.
  4. (poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
    • 2005, Dennis Purdy, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em, page 270:
      You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine") in your pocket.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “canine, adj. and n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1888.

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French

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Etymology

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From Latin canina.

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canine

  1. feminine singular of canin

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canine f (plural canines)

  1. canine, cuspid

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Italian

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈni.ne/
  • Rhymes: -ine
  • Hyphenation: ca‧nì‧ne

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canine

  1. feminine plural of canino

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Latin

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canīne

  1. vocative masculine singular of canīnus
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