genus cyon

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   Asiatic wild dog

   SynonymsCuonCyongenus Cuon

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofCanidae

Questions about genus cyon

What does genus cyon mean?

genus cyon means "Asiatic wild dog".

What is another word for genus cyon?

Close synonyms include Cuon, Cyon, genus Cuon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus cyon a common word?

genus cyon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.