Sentence:  Swadesh , and therefore Hoijer , felt compelled to omit all terms denoting species or even genera ( <WSD>fox</WSD> , vulture , salmon , yellow pine , manzanita ) ; their classes of animal and plant terms are restricted to generalizations or recurrent parts ( fish , bird , tree , grass , horn , tail , bark , root ) . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs