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ca·nid  (knd, knd)

n.

Any of various widely distributed carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, which includes the foxes, wolves, dogs, jackals, and coyotes.

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[From New Latin Canidae, family name, from Canis, type genus, from Latin canis, dog; see canine.]

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canid  (knd, knd)

Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, which includes the dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals.

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Noun

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canid - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles canine carnivore - a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb" Canidae, family Canidae - dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes bitch - female of any member of the dog family Canis familiaris, dog, domestic dog - a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds; "the dog barked all night" wolf - any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs Canis aureus, jackal - Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair wild dog - any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves hyaena, hyena - doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion fox - alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs paw - a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped