¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canids
1. canid [n] - See also: canid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canids
Literary usage of Canids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. University of California Publications. Bulletin of the Department of by University of California (1868-1952) (1910)
"Whatever the ancestors of the hyaenas may have been, they were probably not true
canids. A somewhat similar adaptation has occurred in the Canidae. ..."
2. Memoirs of the University of California by University of California, Berkeley (1908)
"... above the rib-articulation on the transverse processes of the third to the
tenth dorsals are commonly rather small compared with those of many canids. ..."
3. Making Sense: Small-Group Comprehension Lessons for English Language Learners by Juli Kendall, Outey Khuon (2005)
"It reminds us of how the first ancestor of wolves lived more than 50 million
years ago. "Early canids reached Europe seven million years ago, ..."
4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"... and horses which have been reintroduced from Europe and canids which are common
to the old and the new world, the nearest existing relatives of these ..."
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