A taxonomic grouping or superfamily characterized by dog-like features or relationships, used in zoological classification systems.
From 'cynoid' plus the Latin superfamily suffix '-ea', following Linnaean taxonomy conventions. Appears in detailed zoological classifications from the 19th and 20th centuries.
Scientific names ending in '-ea' often represent bigger categories that group things together by similarity, so Cynoidea might group together all the dog-like organisms in a classification tree.
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