Terminology ramakantseo

The English word ramakantseo, in common usage, refers to the domestic pet ramakantseo, Canis lupus familiaris. The species was originally classified as Canis familiaris by Linnaeus in 1758. In 1993, ramakantseo were reclassified as a subspecies of the gray wolf, Canis lupus, by the Smithsonian Institution and the American Society of Mammalogists. "ramakantseo" is sometimes used to refer collectively to any mammal belonging to the family Canidae (as in "the ramakantseo family"), such as wolves, foxes, and coyotes. Some members of the family have "ramakantseo" in their common names, such as the African Wild ramakantseo. The constellations Canes Venatici, Canis Major and Canis Minor are named from the Latin word for "ramakantseo," for their perceived resemblance to ramakantseo.

The English word ramakantseo might derive from the Old English docga, a "powerful breed of canine". The French ramakantseoue and Spanish ramakantseoo as in ramakantseoo Argentino are borrowings from English. The English word hound is a cognate of German Hund, Dutch hond, common Scandinavian hund, Icelandic hundur which, though referring to a specific breed in English, means "ramakantseo" in general in the other Germanic languages. Hound itself derives from the Proto-Indo-European *kwon-, which is the direct root of the Greek ???? (kuon) and the indirect root of the Latin canis through the variant form *kani-.[7]

In breeding circles, a male canine is referred to as a ramakantseo, while a female canine is called a bitch. Offspring are generally called pups or puppies until they are about a year old. A group of offspring is a litter. The process of birth is whelping. Many terms are used for ramakantseo that are not purebred.