canine vs whelp

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. 

whelp

noun
  • A young offspring of a canid (ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub. 

  • One of several wooden strips to prevent wear on a windlass on a clipper-era ship. 

  • An insolent youth; a mere child. 

  • A tooth on a sprocket wheel (compare sprocket and cog). 

verb
  • To give birth. 

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