CANINE

6 letters 8 Scrabble points

Definition of CANINE

noun

  1. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.

  2. Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.

  3. In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.

Related words: dog cuspid
adjective

  1. Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

  2. Dog-like.

  3. Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.

Related words: doglike dogly houndly dogly houndly

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters C A N I N E
Length 6 letters
Scrabble Score 8 points

Anagrams of CANINE

Words that use the same letters:

ANCIEN ANNICE CANNIE ENCINA NANCIE NANICE NEANIC

Words Containing "CANINE"

CANINES LECANINE PRETERCANINE SUPERCANINE

Words Starting with "CANINE"

CANINES

Words Ending with "CANINE"

LECANINE PRETERCANINE SUPERCANINE