canine tooth
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 Ca·nine a.
 1. Of or pertaining to the family Canidæ, 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.


 Dog·tooth n.; pl. Dogteeth
 1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.
 2. Arch. An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.
 Dogtooth spar Min., a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite.
 Dogtooth violet Bot., a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also dog's-tooth violet.]

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 canine tooth
      n : one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw)
          located between the incisors and the premolars [syn: canine,
           eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid]