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Definition of canine : 1. A canine tooth.
2. Of or pertaining to the family Canidae, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.
3. Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.

Synonyms:

eye tooth, canine tooth, eyetooth, laniary, canid, dogtooth, dogtooth violet, dog's-tooth violet

herbivore, wildlife, marsupial, invertebrate, ruminant, carnivore, amphibian, livestock, creature, animal, mammal, bird, feline, beast, rodent, vermin, vertebrate, brute, reptile, insect, fish

snag, incisor, tooth, tusk, fang, molar, cuspid, bicuspid

bird-like, reptilian, amphibious, wild, mammalian, bestial, animalistic, vertebral, fishy, ruminating

Usage examples:

• The canine or eye- teeth are relatively smaller in the gorilla than in primitive mammals; they are still smaller in the lower races of man; while in ordinary civilised man they do not project above the others. - "Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work", P. Chalmers Mitchell.
• Next to these, on each side, are situated the canine teeth, or tusks, which are longer than the other teeth, and, being pointed, are used to tear the food. - "The Book of Household Management", Mrs. Isabella Beeton.
• Lola's experience had been very similar to Garlock's own, except in that her monster was an intense green in color and looked something like a bat about four feet long, with six- inch canine teeth and several stingers.... - "The Galaxy Primes", Edward Elmer Smith.