Species vs Canine - What's the difference?
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A type or kind of thing.
* (Richard Holt Hutton) (1826-1897)
# A group of plants or animals having similar appearance.
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, title= # A rank in the classification of organisms, below genus and above subspecies; a taxon at that rank.
#* 1859 , (Charles Darwin), (On the Origin of Species) :
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, title= # (label) A mineral with a unique chemical formula whose crystals belong to a unique crystallographic system.
An image, an appearance, a spectacle.
# (label) The image of something cast on a surface, or reflected from a surface, or refracted through a lens or telescope; a reflection.
# Visible or perceptible presentation; appearance; something perceived.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#* (Isaac Newton) (1642-1727)
# A public spectacle or exhibition.
(label) Either of the two elements of the Eucharist after they have been consecrated, so named because they retain the image of the bread and wine before their transubstantiation into the body and blood of Christ.
Coin, or coined silver, gold, or other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie.
* (John Arbuthnot) (1667-1735)
A component part of compound medicine; a simple.
An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; especially, one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture.
Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
* 1913 , (Sax Rohmer), The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu , ch. 8,
* 2005 , , page 17
Dog-like.
* 1891 , (Arthur Quiller-Couch), "The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands," Noughts & Crosses ,
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
* 1872 , (Charles Darwin), Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals , ch. 10,
Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
* 2010 , M. S. Mititch, The Spychip Conspiracy , page 189
In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
* 2006 , Amy Sutherland, Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Animal Trainers
(poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
* 2005 , Dennis Purdy, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em , page 270
As nouns the difference between species and canine
is that species is a type or kind of thing while canine is any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.As an adjective canine is
of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.species
English
(wikipedia species)Noun
(species)- What is called spiritualism should, I think, be called a mental species of materialism.
A Drier and Hotter Future, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
- Hence, in determining whether a form should be ranked as a species or a variety, the opinion of naturalists having sound judgment and wide experience seems the only guide to follow.
- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
- Wit,the faculty of imagination in the writer, which searches over all the memory for the species or ideas of those things which it designs to represent.
- the species of the letters illuminated with indigo and violet
- (Francis Bacon)
- There was, in the splendour of the Roman empire, a less quantity of current species in Europe than there is now.
Usage notes
* (specie) is a separate word that means coin money, not the singular version of (species). * See (species name).Derived terms
* chemical species * endangered species * microspecies * ring species * subspeciesSee also
* family * genus * kingdom * order * phylum * race * variety * binomial nomenclaturecanine
English
Adjective
(-)- We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. . . . I accepted the care of the canine patient.
- A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company
- In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine —positively.
- Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.
Synonyms
* (of dogs) * (dog-like)Noun
(en noun) (canine tooth)- The canine ran across the room to the open window, put his front paws on the sill and pointed his nose at the sidewalk below.
- He tried to push Kissu into his cage, but the cougar charged back out and sank his canines into Wilson's rump.
- You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine ") in your pocket.
Synonyms
* (dog or wolf) * (pointy tooth)See also
* lupine * vulpine * Canini (tribe within subfamily Caninae)References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000)The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523 ----