Canis dirus

Translingual

Etymology

Latin canis (“dog”) + dirus (“dreadful”)

Proper noun

†Canis dirus m

  1. (obsolete) A taxonomic species within the family Canidae – synonym of †Aenocyon dirus, the dire wolf.

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