English > Canidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes. |
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| Synonym | family Canidae |
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| Member of | Carnivora, order Carnivora | cats |
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| Members | Alopex, genus Alopex | Arctic foxes |
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| Canis, genus Canis | type genus of the Canidae |
| Cuon, Cyon, genus Cuon, genus Cyon | Asiatic wild dog |
| Dusicyon, genus Dusicyon | crab-eating dog |
| Lycaeon, genus Lycaeon | African hunting dog |
| Nyctereutes, genus Nyctereutes | raccoon dogs |
| Urocyon, genus Urocyon | grey foxes |
| Vulpes, genus Vulpes | foxes |
| canine, canid | Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles |
| wild dog | Any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves |
| Broader | mammal family | A family of mammals |
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| Spanish | Canidae, cánidos, familia Canidae |
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| Catalan | Canidae, Cànid, cànids |
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| Adjectives | canine | of or relating to or characteristic of members of the family Canidae |
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