Definitions for canines

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canines ca·nine

Spelling: [key-nahyn]

IPA: /ˈkeɪ naɪn/

Canines is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in canines (aceinns).

Definitions for canines

noun

1. a canid, or member of the dog family Canidae.
2. a dog.
3. a canine tooth; cuspid.

adjective

1. of or like a dog; relating to or characteristic of dogs:
2. Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the four pointed teeth, especially prominent in dogs, situated one on each side of each jaw, next to the incisors.

Origin of canines

1350-1400; Middle English canine canine tooth (Middle French) Latin canīnus, equivalent to can(is) dog + -īnus -ine¹

Examples for canines

The canines are greatly developed, and the incisors are small.

The canines are larger than the incisors, and the molars have sharp cusps.

He would lead the way to where three canines were chained in the junkyard.

In other cases there is extraordinary development of the canines.

Unlike most canines, dingoes are capable of rotating their wrists.

In all except man also the canines are enlarged, especially in the males.

The children might be relegated to the nursery but the canines had the run of the boudoir.

When the dog attacks the other, down go the ears, and the canines are uncovered.

And the order has gone forth that hereafter no canines are to sleep in this house.

The teeth are always rooted, except in the case of the canines of the Walrus.