All 4 Uses of
canine
in
Dracula
- The Count smiled, and as his lips ran back over his gums, the long, sharp, canine teeth showed out strangely.
p. 29.1 *canine = conical-shaped (like a dog's teeth)
- 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.
p. 39.7canine = conical-shaped
- In particular, by some trick of the light, the canine teeth looked longer and sharper than the rest.
p. 170.3canine = conical-shaped (like a dog's teeth)
- "With this and this," and he touched one of the canine teeth and that below it, "the little children can be bitten."
p. 214.0canine = conical-shaped
Definitions:
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(1)
(canine as in: canine unit) of or relating to dogs
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(2)
(canine as in: dog's canine) conical-shaped teeth found in dogs and many other mammals