Meaning | Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles. |
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Synonym | canine |
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Member of | Canidae, family Canidae | dogs |
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Parts | paw | A clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped |
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Narrower | bitch | female of any member of the dog family |
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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 |
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Spanish | cánido |
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Catalan | cànid |
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