Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun canis_aureus

1 sense of canis aureus

Sense 1
jackal, Canis aureus -- (Old 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)
       => canine, canid -- (any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles)