Canid

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  • noun. Any of various widely distributed carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, which includes the foxes, wolves, dogs, jackals, and coyotes.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A carnivorous mammal of the family Canidæ.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. any doglike animal of the family canidae.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
  • Word Usage
    "Count me among the few not captivated by Anderson's animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's book; I found it as stilted and twee as the title canid's tippy-toe gait."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    carnivore  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    variant
    canidae