Caninæ (kanine)

pl. [NL., Caninal anger, vented by snapping and snarling spirits on both sides. Fuller. [ L. ca canine (ka-nin' or kā'nīn), a. and n. ninus, pertaining to a dog, An exorbitant appetite of usual things, which they will take in such quantities till they vomit them up like dogs; Arbuthnot . IMG:content-3028.png:[graphic] whence it is called canine. His foible is a canine appetite for popularity and fame. Jefferson, Correspondence, II. 89. Canine eminence, a vertical prominence on the outer surface of the superior maxillary bone, caused by the root of the canine tooth. Also called canine prominence. Canine fo a, a shallow fo a between the alveolar prominence of the canine tooth and the base of the malar proce of the superior maxilla. - Canine laugh, in pa thol., a facial expre ion resulting from spasm of the ca nine muscle, or levator anguli or is (elevator of the corner of the mouth), the corners of the mouth being drawn up and showing the side teeth, as is done by a dog in snarling. Also called the sardonic smile (risus sardonic us ) - Canine letter, the letter R. See R.- Canine madne , rabies; hydrophobia: so called because it most frequently affects dogs and other canine quadrupeds, and is usually communicated by them by inoculation with saliva in the act of biting. - Canine muscle, the levator anguli or is. See levator. - Canine prominence. Same as canine em nence. - Canine teeth. (a) The canines. See IL, 3. (b) The conical proce es on the inside of the mandíble of an insect, toward its apex. II. n. 1. A dog. [Colloq. or humorous.] canine Can in a; a dog, wolf, fox, fennec, or jackal; a cynoid, thoöid, or alopecoid.-3. One of the four sharp-pointed tearing-teeth of most mammals, situated one on each side of each jaw, opposite one another, between the incisors or cutting-teeth and the molars or grinders. They are long and especially efficient in the dog, whence the name. In the wild boar they are developed into two pairs of projecting tusks. The upper canines in the human jaw are called eye - teeth, and the lower ones stomach -teeth.