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canid

 
Dictionary: ca·nid   (kăn'ĭd, kā'nĭd) pronunciation

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.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
  Synonym: canine


 
 

 

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