supercanineadj.
/ˌsuːpəˈkeɪnʌɪn/, /ˌsuːpəˈkanʌɪn/, /ˌsjuːpəˈkeɪnʌɪn/, /ˌsjuːpəˈkanʌɪn/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈkeɪˌnaɪn/ Greater than or transcending that which is typical of a dog.
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1845 C. G. F. Gore Story Royal Favourite I. v. 123 All I had heard from my ‘infatyated’ mother..induced me to expect super-canine beauty in my sire;..a form revealing the Apollino of the kennel!
1864 E. Sargent Peculiar III. 181 Instances in which dogs would seem to have been the mere instruments of a superhuman and supercanine sagacity.
1922 R. Hughes Souls for Sale lviii. 384 There was no supercanine psychology, only the moods and passions of the animal.
1993 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 6 Oct. b1 The only legal refuge is Ballantyne Park on Hawthorne Avenue, but that's a super-canine feat of restraint for a dog that lives, say, 10 blocks away.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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