单词 | canid |
释义 | canid (once / 295483 pages) n WORD FAMILY canid: canids USAGE EXAMPLESRed wolves, a canid relative of western gray wolves, were in danger of going extinct before the U.S. Washington Post(Sep 12, 2016) They let the canids choose among upside-down bowls on a table, which the animals did by touching them with their paws or muzzles. Science Magazine(Sep 01, 2016) It comes out of the canid family, which evolved in North America 5.3 million years ago. National Geographic(Aug 07, 2016) n any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles Syn|Hypo|Hyper canine bitch female of any member of the dog family Canis familiaris, dog, domestic doga member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds wolfany of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs Canis aureus, jackalOld 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 dogany of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves hyaena, hyenadoglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion foxalert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs wolf cub, wolf pupa young wolf puppya young dog brood bitcha bitch used for breeding barker, bow-wow, doggie, doggy, poochinformal terms for dogs cur, mongrel, muttan inferior dog or one of mixed breed lapdoga dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap toy, toy dogany of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets hunting doga dog used in hunting game working dogany of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs carriage dog, coach dog, dalmatiana large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia basenjismall smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark pug, pug-dogsmall compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle Leonberga large dog (usually with a golden coat) produced by crossing a St Bernard and a Newfoundland Newfoundland, Newfoundland doga breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent dogs and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland Great Pyreneesbred of large heavy-coated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland spitzany of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail Belgian griffon, Brussels griffon, griffonbreed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle Welsh corgi, corgieither of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head poodle, poodle dogan intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs Mexican hairlessany of an old breed of small nearly hairless dogs of Mexico Canis lupus, gray wolf, grey wolf, timber wolfa wolf with a brindled grey coat living in forested northern regions of North America Arctic wolf, Canis lupus tundrarum, white wolfwolf of Arctic North America having white fur and a black-tipped tail Canis niger, Canis rufus, maned wolf, red wolfreddish-grey wolf of southwestern North America Canis latrans, brush wolf, coyote, prairie wolfsmall wolf native to western North America Canis dingo, dingo, warragal, warrigalwolflike yellowish-brown wild dog of Australia Cuon alpinus, dholefierce wild dog of the forests of central and southeast Asia that hunts in packs Dusicyon cancrivorus, crab-eating dog, crab-eating foxwild dog of northern South America Nyctereutes procyonides, raccoon dogsmall wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, hyena doga powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area Hyaena hyaena, striped hyenaof northern Africa and Arabia and India Hyaena brunnea, brown hyena, strand wolfof southern Africa Crocuta crocuta, laughing hyena, spotted hyenaAfrican hyena noted for its distinctive howl Proteles cristata, aardwolfstriped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects vixena female fox Reynarda conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox' Vulpes vulpes, red foxthe common Old World fox; having reddish-brown fur; commonly considered a single circumpolar species Vulpes fulva, red foxNew World fox; often considered the same species as the Old World fox Vulpes velox, kit fox, prairie foxsmall grey fox of the plains of western North America Vulpes macrotis, kit foxsmall grey fox of southwestern United States; may be a subspecies of Vulpes velox Alopex lagopus, Arctic fox, white foxthickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter Urocyon cinereoargenteus, gray fox, grey foxdark grey American fox; from Central America through southern United States carnivore a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal |
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