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CANID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
Synonyms:
canid; canine
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("canid" is a kind of...):
carnivore (a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal)
Meronyms (parts of "canid"):
paw (a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canid"):
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)
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)
Holonyms ("canid" is a member of...):
Canidae; family Canidae (dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes)
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