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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings;
[syn: bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

bassarisk \bassarisk\ n. A raccoonlike omnivorous mammal (Bassariscus astutus) of Mexico and southwestern U. S. having a long bushy tail with black and white rings. Syn: cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Bassariscus astutus n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring- tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus]