Explore Canid through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like canine or carnivore. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Canid meaning
Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).
Using Canid
- The main meaning on this page is: Any member of the family Canidae, including canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes and jackals) and vulpines (foxes).
- Useful related words include: canine, carnivore.
- In the example corpus, canid often appears in combinations such as: canid species.
Context around Canid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 0 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Canid
- In this selection, "canid" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, american, siberian, species, family and represents stand out and add context to how "canid" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across 25 canid species and dog like canid from 33. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "canid" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with canid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 2014, a study compared the facial color pattern across 25 canid species. (13 words)
Wolves bear relatively large pups in small litters compared to other canid species. (13 words)
A dog-like canid from 33,000 years ago was found in the Razboinichya Cave. (15 words)
Humans benefited from the canid's loyalty, cooperation, teamwork, alertness and tracking abilities while the wolf may have benefited from the use of weapons to tackle larger prey and the sharing of food. (33 words)
Furthermore ancient Greek texts about Anubis constantly refer to the deity as having a dog's head, not jackal or wolf, and there is still uncertainty as to what canid represents Anubis. (32 words)
One canid, the domestic dog (including the dingo), long ago entered into a partnership with humans and today remains one of the most widely kept domestic animals. (27 words)
Example sentences (12)
But the South American canid is the tallest in the world, standing 3 feet at the shoulder.
The Siberian canid's transcriptome is the oldest RNA sequenced by far, surpassing the next oldest transcriptome by at least 13,000 years.
A bear in pursuit of a pet dog has the potential to threaten both canid and human lives.
A dog-like canid from 33,000 years ago was found in the Razboinichya Cave.
Despite their similarities, jackals do not all stem from the same branch on the canid family tree.
Furthermore ancient Greek texts about Anubis constantly refer to the deity as having a dog's head, not jackal or wolf, and there is still uncertainty as to what canid represents Anubis.
Humans benefited from the canid's loyalty, cooperation, teamwork, alertness and tracking abilities while the wolf may have benefited from the use of weapons to tackle larger prey and the sharing of food.
In 2014, a study compared the facial color pattern across 25 canid species.
One canid, the domestic dog (including the dingo), long ago entered into a partnership with humans and today remains one of the most widely kept domestic animals.
Tines A canid race, each "person" comprising a group mind of 4–8 members, connected by ultrasonic waves.
Within a canid pack, there is a system of dominance so that the strongest, most experienced animals lead the pack.
Wolves bear relatively large pups in small litters compared to other canid species.
Common combinations with canid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: