— caninity /kay nin"i tee/ , n.
/kay"nuyn/ , adj.
1. of or like a dog; pertaining to or characteristic of dogs: canine loyalty.
2. Anat. , Zool. of or pertaining to the four pointed teeth, esp. prominent in dogs, situated one on each side of each jaw, next to the incisors.
n.
3. a canid.
4. a dog.
5. a canine tooth; cuspid. See illus. under tooth .
[ 1350-1400; ME canine canine tooth ( caninus, equiv. to can ( is ) dog + -inus -INE 1 ]