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precanine

precanine adjective: in front of a canine tooth.

Adjective

precanine (not comparable)

  1. In front of a canine tooth

Noun

precanine (plural precanines)

  1. Such a tooth that is not an incisor

Forms of precanine

pluralprecanines

Origin of precanine

From pre- + canine.

Questions about precanine

What does precanine mean?
Precanine means in front of a canine tooth.
What part of speech is precanine?
Precanine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near precanine in the dictionary

  1. precancers
  2. precandidacy
  3. precandidate
  4. precandidates
  5. precandidature
  6. precanine
  7. precanines
  8. precanning
  9. precanon
  10. precanonical
  11. precant

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