canid means any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).
canid is pronounced /ˈkeɪnəd/.
Etymology
By surface analysis, an appellativization from Canid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names).
noun
- Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).“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.”