canine

Definition

Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

Etymology

From Latin canīnus (“of dogs, dog-like”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin.

Example Sentences

• "Two canine animals in a time of dearth, may be truly said to struggle with each other which shall get food and live."
• "We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. […] I accepted the care of the canine patient."
• "Police in a West Springfield arrested a man named Kenneth Appleby and suggested that he might be a local version of Houston's Dean Corll (this was before John Gacy's Illinois murders had been discovered). Appleby's yard was dug up, but the only bones discovered was canine."