Canine vs. Conine — What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of the canids.

A poisonous colorless liquid alkaloid, C8H17N, found in the poison hemlock.

Of, relating to, or being one of the pointed conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids.

Alternative spelling of coniine

An animal of the family Canidae, especially a dog.

A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.

One of the pointed, conical teeth located between the incisors and the first bicuspids. Also called cuspid.

Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.

Dog-like.

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.

Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.

Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.

(formal) Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.

In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.

(poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.

Of or pertaining to the family Canidæ, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.

Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors.

A canine tooth.

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

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

Of or relating to a pointed conical tooth

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