Canidae

noun

dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes

• Syn: ↑family Canidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Carnivora, ↑order Carnivora

• Member Meronyms:

↑canine, ↑canid, ↑Canis, ↑genus Canis, ↑wild dog, ↑Cuon, ↑Cyon, ↑genus Cuon, ↑genus Cyon, ↑Dusicyon, ↑genus Dusicyon, ↑Nyctereutes, ↑genus Nyctereutes, ↑Lycaeon, ↑genus Lycaeon, ↑Vulpes, ↑genus Vulpes, ↑Alopex, ↑genus Alopex, ↑Urocyon, ↑genus Urocyon

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\\ˈkanəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Canis, type genus + -idae

: a cosmopolitan family comprising digitigrade carnivorous mammals (superfamily Arctoidea) that in many respects resemble members of the Felidae but that have in general longer coarser fur, comparatively long limbs with strong nonretractile claws, head rounded to elongated with well-developed often somewhat pointed muzzle and jaws, ears erect or drooping, and eyes with rounded pupils and that are commonly more diurnal and social in habits, often hunting in packs, running down rather than stalking their prey and taking it with their jaws rather than claws, and including the dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, and extinct related animals