Crossword-Solution: CANIS 5 letters, 78 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

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Canis n. A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidae,
including the dogs and wolves.

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CANIS anagram CAINS, INCAS

We have 78 clues for the answer “CANIS”

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Genus of dog family. 1 answer
This can be Major or Minor 1 answer
The dog family. 1 answer
Stellar dog 1 answer
Latin dog 1 answer
Jackal's genus 1 answer
Jackal genus 1 answer
Heavenly dog 1 answer
Genus of dogs. 1 answer
Wo,lf and coyote genus 1 answer
Genus of Wolves 1 answer
Genus for jackals 1 answer
Frost's "___ Major" 1 answer
Four and twenty blackbirds (and 76 more) 1 answer
Fido, to Cato 1 answer
Dog: Latin. 1 answer
Dog: Lat. 1 answer
Dog, to Diocletian 1 answer
___ Major (constellation whose name means "greater dog") 1 answer
type genus of the Canidae: domestic and wild dogs 1 answer
genus dog 1 answer
genus animal life dogs 1 answer
dogs genus animal life 1 answer
___ lupus (gray wolf) 1 answer
___ Major, near Orion. 1 answer
___ Major, locale of Sirius 1 answer
___ Major, constellation of the Dog Star. 1 answer
Fido's genus 1 answer
___ Major (Sirius's constellation) 1 answer
___ Major (Sirius' locale) 1 answer
___ Major (Sirius' constellation) 1 answer
___ Major (Dog Star's locale) 1 answer
__ Major: constellation with Sirius, the Dog Star 1 answer
__ Major: Great Dog constellation 1 answer
__ Major (dog of Orion) 1 answer
Dog, astronomically 1 answer
Animal genus. 1 answer
Astronomical dog 1 answer
Caesar's dog 1 answer
Ceasar's dog 1 answer
Celestial dog 1 answer
Collie genus 1 answer
Constellation ___ Major. 1 answer
Contemptible one, to Cato 1 answer
Coyote's genus 1 answer
Dalmatian, to Domitian 1 answer
Dog Genus Cattle 1 answer
Dog among the stars 1 answer
Dog genus 1 answer
Dog, in Latin 1 answer
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with CANIS (5)

And Canis maior in his like The fifte sterre is of Magique, The whos kinde is venerien, As seith this Astronomien.
Confessio Amantis John Gower 1995
The sexte suiende after this Be name Canis minor is; The which sterre is Mercurial Be weie of kinde, and forth withal, As it is writen in the carte, Complexion he takth of Marte.
Confessio Amantis John Gower 1995
Trinarii quodam currentem in littoris ora Ante canes leporem caeruleus rapuit; At lepus: in me omnis terrae pelagique rapina est, Forsitan et coeli, si canis astra tenet.
Lucasta Richard Lovelace 1996
This circumstance shows how cautious naturalists should be in making species; for even Cuvier, on looking at the skull of one of these rabbits, thought it was probably distinct! The only quadruped native to the island [6]; is a large wolf-like fox (Canis antarcticus), which is common to both East and West Falkland.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1997
The Latins also use the words frænum, tripos, gladius, lorica; the Britons, froyn (ffrwyn), trepet (tribedd), cleddyf, and lluric (llurig); unicus is made unic (unig); canis, can (cwn); and belua, beleu.
The Description of Wales Geraldus Cambrensis 2015

Quotes with CANIS (2)

The Canis Lupus, both wolf and man, were meant to be a family with one another. We gain strength through our bond with each other.
Quinn Loftis Out of the Dark
The thing that I just discovered, which fascinates me really - my name, McCann, the translation isn't 'Son of Ann'... It comes from 'Canis' - as in 'canine' - as in 'dog!' My name - Rory McCann - means Rory Hound, Rory Wolfhound.
Rory McCann
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.

Used 74 times in crossword archives (1942–2025).