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
- 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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