canines

noun

any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

adjective

of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae

of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

Roots

caniscan- · Latin · dog

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