canid

[ kan-id, key-nid ]

noun

1. any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.

canid

/ kăn′ĭd,kā′nĭd /

1. Any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, which includes the dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes, and jackals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of canid¹

1885–90; < New Latin Canidae, equivalent to Can ( is ) a genus, including the dog and wolf ( Latin: dog) + -idae -id ²

Example Sentences

What is the connection between the warrah and other South American canids?

From Salon

“There really is a difference between wild canids and dogs,” Bird says.

From Science Magazine

According to Dr. Lebrasseur, most archaeological traces of South American canids are usually isolated bones or teeth.

From New York Times

Many of the groups in favor of delisting wolves rely on negative stereotypes about these impressive native canids rather than actual data, Zaccardi told Salon.

From Salon

Those two canids have overlapped in the Northern Hemisphere for at least 11,000 years, he says, but show little evidence of interbreeding.

From Science Magazine