hemicyonine adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Of or relating to the extinct subfamily Hemicyoninae. noun1 •A member of the extinct subfamily Hemicyoninae.The dog-bears (hemicyonines) looked like bulky, short-tailed dogs, but were in fact related to bears, and if this is not confusing enough, there was also a group of bear-dogs (amphycyonids). — 2018 formshemicyonines
