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nounOld World nocturnal canine mammal closely related to the dog; smaller than a wolf; sometimes hunts in a pack but usually singly or as a member of a pair
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- anubis Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal
- carnivora cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia
- canis type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals
- wild dog any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves
- family canidae dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes
- anpu Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal
- genus canis type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs; wolves; jackals
- canidae dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes
- order carnivora cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia