I have a problem with the terminology ‘canine teeth’ and will be thankful to any of your readers if they can proffer some explanation.

This expression has its origin in the Latin word ‘caninus’ meaning dog. Thus, it literally means ‘dog teeth’. However, other meat eaters of the mammalian family than dogs such as tigers, leopards, cats, etc. do possess canine teeth as well. If so, why are known by this name?

What surprises me most is that some men argue that we should eat meat because, among other reasons, Homo sapiens, too, have canine teeth. Is this a sound argument? Should the human anatomists reconsider this nomenclature and replace it with a more appropriate one? Or, should men eat meat just because they have canine teeth?