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pretercanine

pretercanine adjective: more than canine.

Adjective

pretercanine (comparative more pretercanine, superlative most pretercanine)

  1. More than canine.

Forms of pretercanine

comparativemore pretercanine
superlativemost pretercanine

Origin of pretercanine

From preter- + canine.

Questions about pretercanine

What does pretercanine mean?
Pretercanine means more than canine.
What part of speech is pretercanine?
Pretercanine is an adjective.

Words near pretercanine in the dictionary

  1. pretentiousness
  2. pretentiousnesses
  3. pretenure
  4. preter-
  5. preter-human
  6. pretercanine
  7. preterfluent
  8. pretergeneration
  9. pretergenerations
  10. pretergite
  11. pretergites

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