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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

caninoid en · ADJ

From canine + -oid.

Having the appearance or characteristics of a canine (canid).
- "The vast underground garage is patrolled by another species of humanoid (caninoid?), these tooled to look like pet dogs but functioning as police vehicles." 1989 September 23, Dick Roraback, “Beverly Hills Diamond Jubilee to End With Drawings, Dining”, in Los Angeles Times:
Having the appearance or characteristics of a canine tooth.
- Lower jaw with several rows at anterior, outer row enlarged, posterior teeth larger but not caninoid. Upper jaw with several rows at anterior, less rows than lower jaw, outer row larger but not caninoid. No canines present. n.d. "Tigrigobius saucrus" Goby Net (accessed 2 Nov 2019)

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most caninoid	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more caninoid	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

fr caninoïde (Translations)

From canine + -oid.

A being having the appearance or characteristics of a canine (canid).
- 2018 Vyacheslav Kharchienko et al, eds, Dependable IoT for Human and Industry: Modeling, Architecting, Implementation, River Publishers, 2018, page 38. "A local company (Boston Dynamics) has produced a family of robots who have become media stars: ...; SpotMini a "caninoid" can open doors, descend stairs backwards, and run autonomously in mixed human robot packs."
A tooth having the appearance or characteristics of a canine tooth.
- "Probably the terminal, wide, oblique mouth, usually armed with enlarged teeth or caninoids or large canines of the Otalithinae, indicates the hunting of prey in superficial water,..." 1936, Max Weber, L.F. de Beaufort, The Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago, volume VII, E.J. Brill, pages 483–4:

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caninoids	Number=Plur		lexicographic

fr caninoïde (Translations)