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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.