raccoon dog : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: raccoon dog	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for raccoon dog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
raccoon dog n small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon Synonym(s): raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonides
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Tanate \[d8]Ta*na"te\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An Asiatic wild dog ({Canis procyonoides}), native of Japan and adjacent countries. It has a short, bushy tail. Called also {raccoon dog}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Raccoon \Rac*coon"\, n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See {Rat}.] (Zo[94]l.) 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}. {Raccoon dog} (Zo[94]l.), the tanate. {Raccoon fox} (Zo[94]l.), the cacomixle.