ranine

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Synonyms: ravine, rapine, canine, panine, racine, raine, rankine, janine, ratine, nanine, ranina

Antonyms: ravine, rapine, canine, panine, racine, raine, rankine, janine, ratine, nanine, ranina

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Adjective

1. Of, relating to, or resembling a [[frog]]. {{defdate|from 1840|refn=OED}}
2. Relating to, or designating, a [[swelling#Noun|swelling]] under the [[tongue#Noun|tongue]]; ''also'', relating to the region where the swelling occurs, especially to [[branch#Noun|branches]] of the [[lingual]] [[artery]] and lingual [[vein]]. {{defdate|from 1675|refn=OED}}

Noun

1. {{lb|en|zoology}} A [[frog]] of the [[subfamily]] {{taxfmt|Raninae|subfamily}}. {{defdate|from 1970s|refn=OED<!--1974-->}}
2. {{lb|en|anatomy|now|rare}} A [[#Adjective|ranine]] [[artery]] or [[vein]]. {{defdate|from 1753|refn=OED}}

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