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CANIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes
Synonyms:
Canidae; family Canidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Canidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Canidae"):
canid; canine (any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles)
Canis; genus Canis (type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals)
wild dog (any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves)
Cuon; Cyon; genus Cuon; genus Cyon (Asiatic wild dog)
Dusicyon; genus Dusicyon (crab-eating dog)
genus Nyctereutes; Nyctereutes (raccoon dogs)
genus Lycaeon; Lycaeon (African hunting dog)
genus Vulpes; Vulpes (foxes)
Alopex; genus Alopex (arctic foxes)
genus Urocyon; Urocyon (grey foxes)
Holonyms ("Canidae" is a member of...):
Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)
