Meaning of 'canine'

adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae

adjective

of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

Synonyms: laniary

noun

any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

Synonyms: canid

noun

one of the four pointed conical teeth located between the incisors and the premolars

Example: "The dentist noticed I needed a filling in my upper-right canine."

Synonyms: dogtooth canine tooth eyetooth eye tooth cuspid