hyena vs canid

hyena and canid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hyena	Yes	No	No	No
canid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, canid is a hypernym of hyena; that is, canid is a word with a broader meaning than hyena:

hyena: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion
canid: any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles

Other hypernyms of hyena include canine.

hyena (noun)	canid (noun)
doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion	any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles