canid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *canid*:
NOUN	animal	canid, canine	any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

English > *canid*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
Synonym	canine
Member of	Canidae, family Canidae	dogs
Parts	paw	A clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
Narrower	bitch	female of any member of the dog family
	dog, domestic dog, Canis familiaris	A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times
	fox	Alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail
	hyena, hyaena	doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
	jackal, Canis aureus	Old World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog
	wild dog	Any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
	wolf	Any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
Broader	carnivore	A terrestrial / terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
Spanish	cánido
Catalan	cànid

HyperDic: canid