Meaning

1 senses
  1. A canid of the genus Nyctereutes, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere in other cool parts of Eurasia.

    Marderhund

    енотови́дная соба́каjenotovídnaja sobáka

    єнотоподібний собакаjenotopodibnyj sobaka

More definitions
  • small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Japanese raccoon dogs are commonly known as tanukis.

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  2. In Japan, the raccoon dog is known as the tanuki and has a long history in folklore.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Forms

plural: raccoon dogs
Singularraccoon dog
Pluralraccoon dogs

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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