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A pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: eyetooth (only in humans); fang, fangtooth (particularly elongated cuspids in certain animals)
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, dogtooth, unicuspid, eyetooth, fang, fangtooth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tooth, structure, part
one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tooth
Narrower terms: fang
From Latin cuspid-, stem of cuspis (“point, apex”). Doublet of cusp and cuspis.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نَاب
(nāb)
— tooth with a single point
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Arabic:
ناب
(nab)
— tooth with a single point
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Armenian:
ժանիք
(žanikʻ)
— tooth with a single point
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Bulgarian:
кучешки зъб
(kučeški zǎb)
— tooth with a single point
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Burmese:
စွယ်
(cwai)
— tooth with a single point
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Catalan:
dent canina
— tooth with a single point
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Catalan:
ullal
— tooth with a single point
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Chinese Cantonese:
犬齒 /犬齿
(hyun2 ci2)
— tooth with a single point
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Chinese:
kak-khí
— tooth with a single point
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Chinese Mandarin:
犬齒 /犬齿
(quǎnchǐ)
— tooth with a single point
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Corsican:
dente di l'ochju
— tooth with a single point
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Czech:
špičák
— tooth with a single point
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Dhivehi:
އަރިމަތީ ދަތް
(arimatī dat̊)
— tooth with a single point
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Dutch:
hoektand
— tooth with a single point
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Esperanto:
kanino
— tooth with a single point
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Finnish:
kulmahammas
— tooth with a single point
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Finnish:
raateluhammas (carnivors)
— tooth with a single point
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French:
dent œillère
— tooth with a single point
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French:
dent de l'œil
— tooth with a single point
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Galician:
cairo
— tooth with a single point
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Galician:
canteiro
— tooth with a single point
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Georgian:
ეშვი
(ešvi)
— tooth with a single point
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German:
Augenzahn
— tooth with a single point
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German:
Eckzahn
— tooth with a single point
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Greek:
κυνόδοντας
(kynódontas)
— tooth with a single point
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Ancient Greek:
κῠνόδους
(kŭnódous)
— tooth with a single point
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Hebrew:
נִיב
(niv)
— tooth with a single point
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Hungarian:
szemfog
— tooth with a single point
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Icelandic:
augntönn
— tooth with a single point
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Icelandic:
vígtönn
— tooth with a single point
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Indonesian:
taring
— tooth with a single point
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Ingrian:
silmähammas
— tooth with a single point
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Irish:
cíocrán
— tooth with a single point
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Irish:
gonán
— tooth with a single point
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Irish:
géarán
— tooth with a single point
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Irish:
starrfhiacail
— tooth with a single point
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Italian:
canino
— tooth with a single point
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Japanese:
犬歯
(kenshi)
— tooth with a single point
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Japanese:
糸切り歯
(ito-kiri-ba)
— tooth with a single point
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Kabyle:
ugel
— tooth with a single point
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Kapampangan:
patsit
— tooth with a single point
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Northern Kurdish:
diranê qîl
— tooth with a single point
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Latvian:
acu zobs
— tooth with a single point
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Macedonian:
песјак
(pesjak)
— tooth with a single point
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Macedonian:
очник
(očnik)
— tooth with a single point
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Macedonian:
кучешки заб
(kučeški zab)
— tooth with a single point
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Malay:
siung
— tooth with a single point
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Malay:
taring
— tooth with a single point
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Malay:
gigi kanin
— tooth with a single point
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Māori:
niho kata
— tooth with a single point
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Māori:
niho rei
— tooth with a single point
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Mizo:
ha uingho
— tooth with a single point
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Norwegian:
hoggtann
— tooth with a single point
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hjørnetann
— tooth with a single point
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
hjørnetann
— tooth with a single point
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
hyrnetann
— tooth with a single point
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Polish:
kieł
— tooth with a single point
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Portuguese:
dente canino
— tooth with a single point
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Portuguese:
canino
— tooth with a single point
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Romanian:
canin
— tooth with a single point
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Russian:
клык
(klyk)
— tooth with a single point
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Serbo-Croatian:
о̏чња̄к
— tooth with a single point
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Serbo-Croatian:
па̏сја̄к
— tooth with a single point
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Serbo-Croatian:
ȍčnjāk
— tooth with a single point
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Serbo-Croatian:
pȁsjāk
— tooth with a single point
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Slovak:
očný zub
— tooth with a single point
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Slovak:
tesák
— tooth with a single point
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Slovak:
špiciak
— tooth with a single point
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Spanish:
canino
— tooth with a single point
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Spanish:
colmillo
— tooth with a single point
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Spanish:
columelar
— tooth with a single point
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Spanish:
canero
— tooth with a single point
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Spanish:
canil
— tooth with a single point
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Sundanese:
sihung
— tooth with a single point
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Swedish:
huggtand
— tooth with a single point
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Tagalog:
panigbi
— tooth with a single point
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Tagalog:
pamangal
— tooth with a single point
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Tagalog:
pangalis
— tooth with a single point
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Telugu:
రదనికలు
(radanikalu)
— tooth with a single point
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Thai:
ฟันเขี้ยว
(fan-kîao)
— tooth with a single point
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Turkish:
köpek dişi
— tooth with a single point
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Vietnamese:
răng nanh
— tooth with a single point
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Volapük:
jokatut
— tooth with a single point
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Welsh:
dant llygad
— tooth with a single point