1. [n]  any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
2. [n]  one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
3. [adj]  (zoology) of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
4. [adj]  of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

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1. \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.
   

2. \Ca*nine"\, n. (Anat.)
   A canine tooth.