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- From Latin canis ("dog"). (Wiktionary)
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“These are the _large_ or _common wolf (Canis lupus_), and the barking or prairie wolf (_Canis latrans_).”
“Canis' -- do we find the qualities of the domestic dog, or the slightest approach to them.”
“Whereas a dog is classified as a Canis domesticus.”
“But the Coyote, scientific name Canis latrans, are a mixed bag.”
“I have Bully aka Canis Canem Edit aka Grand Theft Schoolyard sitting by my TV waiting for me to play it, and it's good and all, I suppose.”
“One of these works, called the Canis carchariae dissectum caput, noted the resemblance between shark's teeth and certain fossils; Steno agreed with those who had suggested that the latter were somehow versions of the former, and began to develop an argument that this was possible.”
“One of the two ancient constellations lying south of the zodiac, known as Canis Major and Canis Minor, or the Greater Dog and the”
“Dogs (scientific name Canis lupus familiaris) are a subspecies of wolves, divided into a multitude of different breeds all in principle capable of interbreeding (though in some cases, physical relations between representatives of two breeds are unlikely or problematic - Chihuahuas and Great Danes, for example).”
“Here's Gary, the sociopath from Rockstar's game Bully (also known as Canis Canem Edit)”
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