canid

ca·nid

C0067100 (kăn′ĭd, kā′nĭd)n. Any of various widely distributed carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, which includes the foxes, wolves, dogs, jackals, and coyotes.

---

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

canid

(ˈkænɪd) nany animal of the dog family

can•id

(ˈkæn ɪd, ˈkeɪ nɪd)

n. any member of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs. [1885–90; < New Latin Canidae <Canis genus of dogs and wolves]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

canid - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzlescaninecarnivore - a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal; "terrestrial carnivores have four or five clawed digits on each limb"Canidae, family Canidae - dogs; wolves; jackals; foxesbitch - female of any member of the dog familyCanis 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 packsCanis 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 pairwild dog - any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolveshyaena, hyena - doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrionfox - alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packspaw - a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped