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noncanine

noncanine adjective: not canine.

Adjective

noncanine (not comparable)

  1. Not canine.
    • I predicted that “we can anticipate such a description of noncanine involvement.”2007 February 11, William Safire, “Culpa for Mayor”, in New York Times
    • The sight of that problem was much bigger for such a little dog than I would have ever imagined possible—had I even imagined it. Imagine my four-pound Yorkie as a miniature stallion. It was appalling to me, his noncanine mother.2017 October 17, Amy Tan, Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination, HarperCollins, →ISBN

Origin of noncanine

From non- + canine.

Questions about noncanine

What does noncanine mean?
Noncanine means not canine.
What part of speech is noncanine?
Noncanine is an adjective.

Words near noncanine in the dictionary

  1. noncancers
  2. noncandidacies
  3. noncandidacy
  4. noncandidate
  5. noncandidates
  6. noncanine
  7. noncannabinoid
  8. noncannabinoids
  9. noncanned
  10. noncannibal
  11. noncannibalistic

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