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canine

/ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/ 名词 C2

中文: 犬齿、犬科动物

  1. Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
  2. 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. (formal)
  3. Synonym of cuspid, the pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
  4. A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity. (slang)

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“Moriarty himself is enough to make any letter illustrious, and here is Morgan the poisoner, and Merridew of abominable memory, and Mathews, who knocked out my left canine in the waiting-room at Charing Cross, and, finally, here is our friend of to-night.”
《The Return of Sherlock Holmes》,第29页 · C1
Indeed, its snow-white muzzle proclaimed that it had already exceeded the usual term of canine existence.
《A Study in Scarlet》,第71页 · B2

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