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Definition of Canid
1. Noun. Any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles.
Generic synonyms: Carnivore
Group relationships: Canidae, Family Canidae
Specialized synonyms: Bitch, Canis Familiaris, Dog, Domestic Dog, Wolf, Canis Aureus, Jackal, Wild Dog, Hyaena, Hyena, Fox
Terms within: Paw
Derivative terms: Canine
Definition of Canid
1. Noun. Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Canid
1. a dog [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Canid
Literary usage of Canid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American by Henry Campbell Black (1910)
"... imposed by Henry III. upon Thomas de la Linda, for killing a beautiful white
hart which that king before had spared in hunting. canid. Brit. 150. ..."
2. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"... the hinder similar, but much smaller. Hinder palate-opening contracted. Fam.
10. canid^E. Tubercular grinders two on each side of the upper and ..."
3. Bibliographia zoologica by Concilium Bibliographicum (1898)
"A Method of securing Moth's Eggs. canid. Entomol. Vol. 26. No. 6. p. 166. ...
canid. Entomol. Vol. 28. No. 7. p. 176-177. [595.7S100S. ..."
4. The British Theatre by Inchbald (1808)
"You keep by land The legions and the horse whole, do you not ? canid. ... canid.
With news the time's in labour, and throws forth, Each minute some. ..."
5. Memoirs of the University of California by University of California, Berkeley (1908)
"INTRODUCTION Remains of canid forms constitute a large part of the total quantity
of fossil remains found in the deposits at Rancho La Brea. ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1907)
"The canid is represented by a second lower molar apparently differing from any
type thus far described from the Tertiaries of the Pacific Coast region. ..."
7. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"This genus, along with others, such as the genus Vulpes, which contains the red
fox, constitute the family canid.S. The canid^E are included with the bears ..."
8. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"... were found by the American Museum parties to show that they are true Miocene
but belong near the bottom of the series. Fauna! List. canid indet., cf. ..."
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