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caniforms

caniforms is the plural of caniform.

Meaning of caniform

Noun

caniform (plural caniforms)

  1. Any carnivore of the suborder Caniformia, which are regarded as dog-like.
    • Modern carnivores appeared as well, diverging into the feliforms (cats, hyaenas, and mongooses) and caniforms (dogs, bears, raccoons, weasels, and seals).1997, Peter D. Ward, The Call of Distant Mammoths: Why the Ice Age Mammals Disappeared, page 73

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Questions about caniforms

What is caniforms the plural of?
Caniforms is the plural of caniform.

Words near caniforms in the dictionary

  1. canid
  2. canidate
  3. canidates
  4. canids
  5. caniform
  6. caniforms
  7. Caniglia
  8. Caniglias
  9. Canigou
  10. canigre
  11. canikin

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