The biological familyCanidae is a lineage of carnivorans that includes domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals. A member of this family is called a canid (, ). The family Canidae is divided into two tribes: the Canini (dogs, wolves, jackals, and some South American "foxes") and the Vulpini (true foxes).
Noun 1. any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles (synonym) canine (hypernym) carnivore (hyponym) bitch (member-holonym) Canidae, family Canidae (part-meronym) paw