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Synonyms for canine

Grammar : Noun
Spell : key-nahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkeɪ naɪn

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Définition of canine

Origin :
  • "pointed tooth," late 14c., from Latin caninus "of the dog," genitive of canis "dog" (source of Italian cane, French chien), from PIE root *kwon- "dog" (cf. Greek kyon, Old English hund, Old High German hunt, Old Irish cu, Welsh ci, Sanskrit svan-, Avestan spa, Russian sobaka (apparently from an Iranian source, e.g. Median spaka), Armenian shun, Lithuanian Å¡uo). The noun meaning "dog" is first recorded 1869.
  • noun dog
Example sentences :
  • The canine party he meets in Battle Row misonderstands a sityooation.'
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • While I did so, Neche mouched about among them with canine inquisitiveness.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • No other degree of canine consanguinity is considered so degrading.
  • Extract from : « An Old Sailor's Yarns » by Nathaniel Ames
  • Fortunately he awoke in time to save its becoming the prey of its canine visitor.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • The truth is that man was necessary to the establishment of canine society.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
  • His dimensions were beyond all my previous conceptions of the canine race.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 » by Various
  • There's a mighty difference between the canine and the human, eh?
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • A molar, a bicuspid, a canine, and an incisor were laid in succession on the table.
  • Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine
  • The rush, and the sight of the fish, was too much for the canine thief.
  • Extract from : « The Young Treasure Hunter » by Frank V. Webster
  • I have a canine appetite for natural history,' he told his brother in 1828.
  • Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) » by John Morley

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