canine

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Synonyms: cyanine, cantine, panine, caning, canina, canne, canini, ranine, caine, conine, janine

Antonyms: cyanine, cantine, panine, caning, canina, canne, canini, ranine, caine, conine, janine

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Adjective

1. Of, or pertaining to, a [[dog]] or dogs.
2. Dog[[-like]].
3. {{lb|en|anatomy}} Of or pertaining to [[mammalian]] [[teeth]] which are [[cuspid]]s or [[fang]]s.
4. {{lb|en|medicine|obsolete}} Of an [[appetite]]: [[depraved]] or [[inordinate]]; used to describe [[eating disorder]]s.

Noun

1. Any member of {{taxfmt|Caninae|subfamily}}, the only living subfamily of {{taxfmt|Canidae|family}}.
2. {{lb|en|formal}} Any of certain extant [[canid]]s regarded as similar to the [[dog]] or [[wolf]] (including [[coyote]]s, [[jackal]]s, etc.) but distinguished from the [[vulpine]]s, which are regarded as [[fox]]-like.
3. {{senseid|en|Q19625}} {{synonym of|en|cuspid<id:Q19625>}}{{ngd|, the [[pointed]] [[tooth]] between the [[incisor]]s and [[premolar]]s in [[heterodont]] [[mammal]]s.}}
4. {{lb|en|poker slang}} A [[king]] and a [[nine]] as a starting hand in [[Texas hold 'em]] due to phonetic similarity.

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