English > Canidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | 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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