2 meanings
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1 —as in:
canine unit
Definition
of or relating to dogs- They called in a canine search-and-rescue team.
canine = of or relating to dogs
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- A canine unit smelled marijuana in the locker.
- The green eyes glowering at me are unlike any dog or wolf, any canine I've ever seen.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
canine = of or relating to dogs
canine = of or relating to dogs
2 —as in:
dog's canine
Definition
conical-shaped teeth found in dogs and many other mammals- Canines help to tear food apart.
canines = conical-shaped teeth
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- My upper canines are so pronounced, I call them fangs.
- I admire her intact canines from afar.Katherine Applegate -- The One and Only Ivan
- In particular, by some trick of the light, the canine teeth looked longer and sharper than the rest.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- His upper canines had never grown in, and the string of holistic dentists my parents had taken him to as a child had failed to notice until it was too late.Tara Westover -- Educated
- The Count smiled, and as his lips ran back over his gums, the long, sharp, canine teeth showed out strangely.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- "With this and this," and he touched one of the canine teeth and that below it, "the little children can be bitten."Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- In short, because Shawn lost his canines, I was able to keep mine.Tara Westover -- Educated
- They were all of the thinnest foreign post, and looking at them, then at him, and noticing his quiet smile, with the sharp, canine teeth lying over the red underlip, I understood as well as if he had spoken that I should be more careful what I wrote, for he would be able to read it.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
canines = conical-shaped teeth
canines = conical-shaped teeth
canine = conical-shaped (like a dog's teeth)
canines = conical-shaped teeth
canine = conical-shaped (like a dog's teeth)
canine = conical-shaped
canines = conical-shaped teeth
canine = conical-shaped
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