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canine
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one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
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Other meanings
2. noun
any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
3. adjective
of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
4. adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae
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