canine
canine
adjective
/ˈkeɪnaɪn/
​connected with dogs
London’s canine population
her canine companion, Goldie
Collocations
noun
companion
tooth
canine
noun
/ˈkeɪnaɪn/
1 ​(also canine tooth) one of the four pointed teeth in the front of a human’s or animal’s mouth
compare incisor, molar, premolar, wisdom tooth
Topics Body C2
​2 (formal) a dog
Topics Animals C2
Word Origin
late Middle English (in sense 1): from French, from Latin caninus, from canis ‘dog’.
e.g.
Its canines are twice the size of any dog's. 犬の倍はある大きさの牙…！ (/yupeco/『ゴールデンカムイ』11話)