n. Any member of the family Canidae, including dogs, wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. any doglike animal of the family canidae.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A carnivorous mammal of the family Canidæ.
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n. any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
Word Usage
"Count me among the few not captivated by Anderson's animated adaptation of Roald Dahl's book; I found it as stilted and twee as the title canid's tippy-toe gait."