"littera canina" meaning in Latin

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "littera canīna",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "littera canīna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterārum canīnārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterīs canīnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litteram canīnam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterās canīnās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterā canīnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterīs canīnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "littera canīna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "littera<1> canīna<+>"
      },
      "expansion": "littera canīna f (genitive litterae canīnae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "littera<1> canīna<+>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Take care the thresholds of the great don’t grow chilly towards you: this is where you’ll hear the snarl of a dog’s rrrr.",
          "ref": "c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae 1.108–110",
          "text": "Vide sis ne maiorum tibi forte limina frigescant: sonat hic de nare canina littera."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the letter R (literally dog's letter, after its trilled pronunciation in Latin)"
      ],
      "id": "en-littera_canina-la-noun-MBaQ91-k",
      "links": [
        [
          "R",
          "R"
        ],
        [
          "dog's letter",
          "dog's letter#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlit.te.ra kaˈniː.na/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlʲɪt̪ːɛrä käˈniːnä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlit.te.ra kaˈni.na/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlit̪ːerä käˈniːnä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "littera canina"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "littera canīna",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "littera canīna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterārum canīnārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterīs canīnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litteram canīnam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterās canīnās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterā canīnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterīs canīnīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "littera canīna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litterae canīnae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "littera<1> canīna<+>"
      },
      "expansion": "littera canīna f (genitive litterae canīnae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "littera<1> canīna<+>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Foreign word of the day archive",
        "Foreign words of the day in Latin",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin multiword terms",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin nouns with red links in their inflection tables",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Take care the thresholds of the great don’t grow chilly towards you: this is where you’ll hear the snarl of a dog’s rrrr.",
          "ref": "c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae 1.108–110",
          "text": "Vide sis ne maiorum tibi forte limina frigescant: sonat hic de nare canina littera."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the letter R (literally dog's letter, after its trilled pronunciation in Latin)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "R",
          "R"
        ],
        [
          "dog's letter",
          "dog's letter#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlit.te.ra kaˈniː.na/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlʲɪt̪ːɛrä käˈniːnä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlit.te.ra kaˈni.na/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlit̪ːerä käˈniːnä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "littera canina"
}