K9

K-9 English Alternative forms en K-9 Etymology en canine, by phonetic similarity of the letter and number names with the two syllables of en canine. Pronunciation en /ˈkeɪnaɪn/ RP en /ˈkeɪˌnaɪn/ GA en en-au-canine.ogg AU en eɪnaɪn ænaɪn aɪn en canine en K 9 Noun A trained police dog. en 2003 Nicholas H. Dodman If Only They Could Speak: Stories About Pets and Their People 248 Police working dogs (K9s) often have extremely close bonds with their handlers. en 2003 Trevor J. Orsinger The Firefighter's Best Friend: Lives and Legends of Chicago Firehouse Dogs 90 Originally a K9 dog for the police department, Captain was asked to resign for unknown reasons. en 2005 Priya Kapoor; Nandita Jaishankar VIPs: Very Important Pets 71 Apollo, part of the New York Police Department K9 Search and Rescue team was on the scene of the disaster just 15 minutes after the disaster en 2006 Asa Nonami; Juliet Winters Carpenter The Hunter: A Detective Takako Otomichi Mystery 134 The Saitama Prefectural Police Department, for example, had no K9 units of its own, and relied on contract dogs exclusively. en Law enforcement Working dogs en gramograms number homophones