noncanine

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adjective

Not canine.

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Meanings

adjectivenoncanine (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot 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
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    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

From non- + canine.

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APA

noncanine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncanine

MLA

“noncanine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncanine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noncanine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noncanine.

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