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canid

/ˈkeɪnəd/

canid noun: any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).

canid: a wolf laying in the snow looking at the camera
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Noun

canid (plural canids)

  1. Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).
    • The jaw indicates the beginning of a long tradition of the interment of dogs with people, which reveals a deep attachment between some people and canids.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 189

canid meaning in Tamil

canid in Tamil

இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்

Forms of canid

pluralcanids

Origin of canid

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Canid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names).

Questions about canid

What does canid mean?
Canid means any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).
What is canid in Tamil?
Canid in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Canid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is canid?
Canid is a noun.
How do you pronounce canid?
Canid is pronounced /ˈkeɪnəd/.
What is the plural of canid?
The plural of canid is canids.

Words near canid in the dictionary

  1. canicular cycles
  2. canicular days
  3. canicular period
  4. canicular periods
  5. canicule
  6. canid
  7. canidate
  8. canidates
  9. canids
  10. caniform
  11. caniforms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: canid (page history and authors); canid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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