Word of the Day:
canid
What It Means
Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).
Canid in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
By surface analysis, an appellativization from Canid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names).
Source and license
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