1. (zoology) of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
   "The canine pack exhibited complex social behaviors"
    
2. Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
   "Canine teeth are examples of laniary teeth in mammals";
   - laniary

1. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
   "Wolves, foxes, and domestic dogs are all examples of canines";
   - canid
    
2. One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
   "The vampire's canine teeth were unnaturally long";
   - canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid

Derived forms: canines

Type of: carnivore, chopper [informal], tooth

Part of: Canidae, family Canidae, pack

Encyclopedia: Canine