English noun: canine |
1. | canine (body) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars |
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| Synonyms | canine tooth, cuspid, dogtooth, eye tooth, eyetooth |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tooth |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | fang |
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2. | canine (animal) any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles |
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| Synonyms | canid |
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| Broader (hypernym) | carnivore |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bitch, Canis aureus, Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog, fox, hyaena, hyena, jackal, wild dog, wolf |
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| Part holonym | paw |
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| Member meronym | Canidae, family Canidae |
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