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canine tooth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
ca-nine -tooth
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of cuspid, one of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolars.

Etymology

Calque of Latin dens canīnus (“doglike tooth”), from canis (“dog”), from their prominence in dogs and wolves. Compare dogtooth.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

canine teeth (plural)

Phrases

canine-toothless

Synonyms

cuspid one of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolars canine eyetooth eye tooth dogtooth

Questions

What does canine tooth mean?
Synonym of cuspid, one of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolars.
Where does canine tooth come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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