noun.
Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals.
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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."