CANINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canine mean? 

• CANINE (noun)
  The noun CANINE has 2 senses:

1. one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

2. any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

  Familiarity information: CANINE used as a noun is rare.

• CANINE (adjective)
  The adjective CANINE has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

2. of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae

  Familiarity information: CANINE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

canine; canine tooth; cuspid; dogtooth; eye tooth; eyetooth

Hypernyms ("canine" is a kind of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canine"):

fang (canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey)

Derivation:

canine (of or relating to a pointed conical tooth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

canid; canine

Hypernyms ("canine" is a kind of...):

carnivore (a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal)

Meronyms (parts of "canine"):

paw (a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canine"):

bitch (female of any member of the dog family)

Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog (a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds)

wolf (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)

Canis aureus; jackal (Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair)

wild dog (any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves)

hyaena; hyena (doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion)

fox (alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs)

Holonyms ("canine" is a member of...):

Canidae; family Canidae (dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes)

Derivation:

canine (of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae)

• CANINE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

canine; laniary

Pertainym:

canine (one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars)

Derivation:

canine (one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)

Pertainym:

Canidae (dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes)

Derivation:

canine (any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles)

 Context examples 

This breed has a long muzzle and robust jaws with extremely strong canine teeth.

(Dachshund, NCI Thesaurus)

H. haemoglobinophilus is a commensal organism of the reproductive tract in canines and felines.

(Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus, NCI Thesaurus)

Canine transmissible venereal tumour’ is a cancer that spreads between dogs through the transfer of living cancer cells, primarily during mating.

(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)

This particular type, however, was never used; FIOCRUZ researchers worked with 6MMPr in another study, to fight the virus that causes canine distemper, a dog disease.

(Brazil scientists discover Zika virus inhibitor, Agência Brasil)

A tooth rostral to true molars and behind the canine when the latter are present.

(Bicuspid Tooth, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

No provocation was great enough to draw from him that canine cry.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"See," he went on, "see, they are even sharper than before. With this and this"—and he touched one of the canine teeth and that below it—"the little children can be bitten.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The foot of a quadruped animal, including canines, felines, mice, rats, and bears.

(Paw, NCI Thesaurus)

The model is effective in diverse range of laboratory species such as honeybees, worms, flies, rats, and canines.

(Olfactory Learning, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the teeth in front of the canines in either jaw designed for cutting or gnawing.

(Incisor, NCI Thesaurus)