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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon;
[syn: raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonides]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Raccoon \Rac*coon"\ (r[a^]k*k[=oo]n"), n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See Rat.] (Zool.) A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach. [1913 Webster] Raccoon dog (Zool.), the tanate. Raccoon fox (Zool.), the cacomixle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tanate \Ta*na"te\, n. (Zool.) An Asiatic wild dog (Canis procyonoides), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also raccoon dog. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

raccoon dog n 1: small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon [syn: raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonides]