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CANIS LATRANS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small wolf native to western North America
Synonyms:
brush wolf; Canis latrans; coyote; prairie wolf
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Canis latrans" is a kind of...):
wolf (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Canis latrans"):
coydog (offspring of a coyote and a dog)