canine tooth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: canine tooth	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for canine tooth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canine tooth n one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars Synonym(s): canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Canine \Ca*nine"\, a. [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See {Hound}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the family {Canid[91]}, 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.