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caninophile

caninophile noun: someone who loves dogs.

Noun

caninophile (plural caninophiles)

  1. Someone who loves dogs.
    • What was the name of her father, the old banker who made love to his dog and wintered in Portugal – a caninophile, gone in the tooth, gone in the wind?1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 930
    • Of course Justice Mariner is something of a caninophile himself, never mind that Stong, his idiot golden retriever, is now in Penny Mariner's sole custody and I am actually the loyal companion animal […]2005, Jeffrey Miller, Murder's Out of Tune, ECW Press

Forms of caninophile

pluralcaninophiles

Origin of caninophile

From canine + -o- + -phile.

Questions about caninophile

What does caninophile mean?
Caninophile means someone who loves dogs.
What part of speech is caninophile?
Caninophile is a noun.
What is the plural of caninophile?
The plural of caninophile is caninophiles.

Words near caninophile in the dictionary

  1. caninizes
  2. caninizing
  3. Canino
  4. caninoid
  5. caninoids
  6. caninophile
  7. caninophiles
  8. Caninos
  9. caninus
  10. caninus muscle
  11. caninus muscles

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