canid

canid
/kan"id, kay"nid/, n.
any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
[1885-90; < NL Canidae, equiv. to Can(is) a genus, including the dog and wolf (L: dog) + -idae -ID2]

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