2006-07-02 15:30:47 · 12 answers · asked by casllc2003 2 in Pets ➔ Dogs
A word play abreviation for Canine, a scientific name for dog species.
2006-07-02 15:33:18 · answer #1 · answered by Pup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
K-9 refers to canine, the class of animals that dogs are in.
2006-07-02 22:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by Some Guy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What?
There was a movie about a police dog called K-9 (i.e. Canine - it's a play on words) ...
2006-07-02 22:33:05 · answer #3 · answered by Woohoo! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Canine is the group Dogs are in..Cats are Felines...Horses Are Equine..Cows are Bovine They just shorten the word to K-9
2006-07-02 22:38:36 · answer #4 · answered by roxie_29812 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Army started it K-9 short for canine My uncle trained Army dogs at Fort Robinson Ne. also German pow's were kept there.
2006-07-02 22:35:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
K=killed 9=nine people
2006-07-02 22:33:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
simply an abbreviation for the word Canine-"K 9"...see what I mean?
:)
have a good one,
Jill
2006-07-02 22:35:52 · answer #7 · answered by Jill A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its talking about the teeth of the species being dog its another name for dog but it has something to with their teeth!
2006-07-02 22:35:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the shortened form of the word "canine", which is the species it refers to. It comes from the latin name for the domestic dog which is "canis domesticus."
2006-07-02 22:37:27 · answer #9 · answered by all things mystical 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
canine is the Latin name for dog. It sounds like K9
2006-07-02 22:34:48 · answer #10 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋