one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
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any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
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of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
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of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
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Canine \Ca*nine"\, n. (Anat.) A canine tooth.
Canine \Ca*nine"\, a. [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See {Hound}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the family {Canid[ae]}, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.
2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.
{Canine appetite}, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia.
{Canine letter}, the letter r. See {R}.
{Canine madness}, hydrophobia.
{Canine tooth}, a tooth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developed in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw.
"I feel pretty confident that we know what we are getting into. Training is the key to the whole thing," said Steve McConaughy, a member of the canine team along with his wife, Carol.
The clown-faced Dreyfuss, like a canine version of Mulligan, reacts with almost human emotions.
The "Peanuts" comic strip canine first surfaced in official circles on the February issue of the Department of Corrections newsletter.
Taking a break from the headaches of the Palestinian uprising and Israel's election campaign, thousands of Israelis turned out Saturday for a canine beauty pageant.
In 1961, a group of local businessmen built a temple on the site, equipped with bronze dogs, sacrificial urns with canine engravings and statues of Taoist sages.
Next was the police comedy "Turner & Hooch," pairing Tom Hanks with a salivating canine, which grossed $3.8 million. "Batman" finished in seventh, adding $3.5 million.
Ralston was ordered to pay $10.4 million to Alpo because it claimed that eating Purina Puppy Chow could help dogs avoid painful canine hip dysplasia, a common skeletal defect that affects larger breeds of dogs when they mature.
I demanded they ship me a canine toupee kit by express mail or I'd sue.
Those embarking on a future in canine journalism can benefit from annual awards of the Dog Writers Educational Trust.
In a survey by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Dayton listed as its most successful anti-drug program its new two-dog canine unit.
A canine unit was used to search a nearby field, but found no clues.
Local police had warned the dog's owner to keep the canine tied up and muzzled, the report said.
Police were prepared with a force of 172 officers, including mounted patrols and canine units, but few problems materialized.
For the canine suffering the embarrassment of body odor, there's La Pooch perfume.
Upkeep runs to $150 a month per canine, triple the salaries of the trainers.
'I hardly have the heart to go to work these days,' he said. Not since the 1950s and 1960s has the party newspaper been quite so unkind about the humble canine.
"Our canine defense fund has $350,000 in it and we will use it," said Betty-Anne Stenmark, a member of Responsible Dog Breeders of San Mateo County.
Standing beside her van in the north England city of Bradford, Pat Harwood dons the latest in canine battle dress.
During that promotion, the store offered samples of a frozen canine treat called "Frosty Paws," along with FJ's own version of "Thirsty Pup" bottled spring water.
About a dozen CHP officers, a police helicopter and a canine unit chased Lee through afternoon rush-hour traffic.
He has declared war on his city's 200,000-strong canine population. For the past nine years, Paris' front-line defence has been its squadron of green and white motos crottes.
A German newspaper, for example, recently accused it of running a canine concentration camp.
Indeed, there are some similarities with Sherlock Holmes' ghostly canine legend.
Officer Mike Maloney, a canine handler, said he administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
But some veterinarians, Fort Dodge, and even a USDA official have accused Cornell researchers of a sour-grapes attitude because they couldn't replicate canine Lyme disease in the laboratory.
There is the all-talking, all-singing double act of the Maurice Chevalier-accented candlestick and clock with dial-moustaches, supported in tutti numbers by the cockney teapot and yapping canine foot-cushion.
Rather than black plastic buttons, Beverly Hills officers use brass; motorcycle officers have a yellow pant leg stripe; and color guard, canine and special tactics units have tailored uniforms.
Tabor called for the canine unit and told the man they would be sending in a dog to get him out of the store.