canine vs chicken

canine

noun
  • Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like. 

  • Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae. 

  • A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity. 

  • In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid. 

adj
  • Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs. 

  • Dog-like. 

  • Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs. 

chicken

noun
  • A domesticated species of junglefowl (usually, Gallus gallus; sometimes, Gallus gallus domesticus or Gallus domesticus), especially so-called when young. 

  • A simple dance in which the movements of a chicken are imitated. 

  • A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair; compare chickenhawk. 

  • A coward. 

  • A kilogram of cocaine. 

  • The meat from this bird eaten as food. 

  • The game of dare. 

  • A young or inexperienced person. 

  • A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the chicken (that is, the loser). 

verb
  • To avoid a situation one is afraid of. 

adj
  • Cowardly. 

How often have the words canine and chicken occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )