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thooid, a. (n.) Zool.|ˈθəʊɔɪd|
[f. Gr. θω-ός thous + -oid.]
Resembling in form, or related to, the sub-genus Thous; in an extended use applied to a division of the genus Canis including the wolf, dog, and jackal; as distinct from the alopecoid, typified by the fox. b. n. A beast of this division.
1880Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 6 Apr. 278 Thooids and Alopecoids, similar to those which exist at present, inhabited Europe during the Quaternary epoch. Ibid. 286, I am disposed..to regard Otocyon and the Thooid and Alopecoid series respectively as genera, retaining for the two latter the old names of Canis and Vulpes. 1891Flower & Lydekker Mammals xi. 548 Thooid or Lupine Series [of Canines]. |