family Canidae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

family Canidae - dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes Canidaemammal family - a family of mammalsCarnivora, order Carnivora - cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipediacanid, canine - any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzlesCanis, genus Canis - type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackalswild dog - any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolvesCuon, Cyon, genus Cuon, genus Cyon - Asiatic wild dogDusicyon, genus Dusicyon - crab-eating doggenus Nyctereutes, Nyctereutes - raccoon dogsgenus Lycaeon, Lycaeon - African hunting doggenus Vulpes, Vulpes - foxesAlopex, genus Alopex - arctic foxesgenus Urocyon, Urocyon - grey foxes