CANIS FAMILIARIS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Canis familiaris mean?
• CANIS FAMILIARIS (noun)
The noun CANIS FAMILIARIS has 1 sense:
1. a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
Familiarity information: CANIS FAMILIARIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CANIS FAMILIARIS (noun)
Meaning:
A member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Canis familiaris; dog; domestic dog
Context example:
the dog barked all night
Hypernyms ("Canis familiaris" is a kind of...):
canid; canine (any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles)
Meronyms (parts of "Canis familiaris"):
flag (a conspicuously marked or shaped tail)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Canis familiaris"):
puppy (a young dog)
Leonberg (a large dog (usually with a golden coat) produced by crossing a St Bernard and a Newfoundland)
Newfoundland; Newfoundland dog (a breed of very large heavy dogs with a thick coarse usually black coat; highly intelligent and vigorous swimmers; developed in Newfoundland)
Great Pyrenees (bred of large heavy-coated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland)
spitz (any of various stocky heavy-coated breeds of dogs native to northern regions having pointed muzzles and erect ears with a curled furry tail)
Belgian griffon; Brussels griffon; griffon (breed of various very small compact wiry-coated dogs of Belgian origin having a short bearded muzzle)
corgi; Welsh corgi (either of two Welsh breeds of long-bodied short-legged dogs with erect ears and a fox-like head)
poodle; poodle dog (an intelligent dog with a heavy curly solid-colored coat that is usually clipped; an old breed sometimes trained as sporting dogs or as performing dogs)
Mexican hairless (any of an old breed of small nearly hairless dogs of Mexico)
pug; pug-dog (small compact smooth-coated breed of Asiatic origin having a tightly curled tail and broad flat wrinkled muzzle)
basenji (small smooth-haired breed of African origin having a tightly curled tail and the inability to bark)
barker; bow-wow; doggie; doggy; pooch (informal terms for dogs)
cur; mongrel; mutt (an inferior dog or one of mixed breed)
lapdog (a dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap)
toy; toy dog (any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets)
hunting dog (a dog used in hunting game)
working dog (any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs)
carriage dog; coach dog; dalmatian (a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots; originated in Dalmatia)
Holonyms ("Canis familiaris" is a member of...):
Canis; genus Canis (type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals)
pack (a group of hunting animals)
