Definition of Canid

1. Noun. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.

Exact synonyms: Canine
Generic synonyms: Carnivore
Group relationships: Canidae, Family Canidae
Specialized synonyms: Bitch, Canis Familiaris, Dog, Domestic Dog, Wolf, Canis Aureus, Jackal, Wild Dog, Hyaena, Hyena, Fox
Terms within: Paw
Derivative terms: Canine

Definition of Canid

1. Noun. Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Canid

1. a dog [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Canid

cangle
cangled
cangles
cangling
cangs
cangue
cangues
canhouse
canhouses
canicide
canicides
canicola fever
canicular
canicular days
canicule
canid (current term)
canids
canier
caniest
canikin
canikins
caninal
canine
canine adenovirus 1
canine amoebiasis
canine babesiosis
canine borreliosis
canine chorea
canine distemper
canine distemper virus

Literary usage of Canid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"... imposed by Henry III. upon Thomas de la Linda, for killing a beautiful white hart which that king before had spared in hunting. canid. Brit. 150. ..."

2. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"... the hinder similar, but much smaller. Hinder palate-opening contracted. Fam. 10. canid^E. Tubercular grinders two on each side of the upper and ..."

3. Bibliographia zoologica by Concilium Bibliographicum (1898)
"A Method of securing Moth's Eggs. canid. Entomol. Vol. 26. No. 6. p. 166. ... canid. Entomol. Vol. 28. No. 7. p. 176-177. [595.7S100S. ..."

4. The British Theatre by Inchbald (1808)
"You keep by land The legions and the horse whole, do you not ? canid. ... canid. With news the time's in labour, and throws forth, Each minute some. ..."

5. Memoirs of the University of California by University of California, Berkeley (1908)
"INTRODUCTION Remains of canid forms constitute a large part of the total quantity of fossil remains found in the deposits at Rancho La Brea. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"The canid is represented by a second lower molar apparently differing from any type thus far described from the Tertiaries of the Pacific Coast region. ..."

7. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"This genus, along with others, such as the genus Vulpes, which contains the red fox, constitute the family canid.S. The canid^E are included with the bears ..."

8. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"... were found by the American Museum parties to show that they are true Miocene but belong near the bottom of the series. Fauna! List. canid indet., cf. ..."

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