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CANIS LATRANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Canis latrans mean? 

CANIS LATRANS (noun)
  The noun CANIS LATRANS has 1 sense:

1. small wolf native to western North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: CANIS LATRANS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CANIS LATRANS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small wolf native to western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brush wolf; Canis latrans; coyote; prairie wolf

Hypernyms ("Canis latrans" is a kind of...):

wolf (any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Canis latrans"):

coydog (offspring of a coyote and a dog)


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