noncanine

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ canine.

Adjective

noncanine (not comparable)

  1. Not canine.
    • 2007 February 11, William Safire, “Culpa for Mayor”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      I predicted that “we can anticipate such a description of noncanine involvement.”
    • 2017 October 17, Amy Tan, Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
      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.
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