The Clue
Type of tooth (6 letter answer)
The Answer
CANINE
Tags
Notes
The answer CANINE is uncommon, appearing about once every 500 puzzles.
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___ corps
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Fido or Spot
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Hershfield's "Rubber, the ___ Cop"
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Definition
CANINE as a noun:
1. (canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, dogtooth, cuspid) = one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
2. (canine, canid) = any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
CANINE as an adjective:
1. (canine, laniary) = of or relating to a pointed conical tooth
2. of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae