raccoon dog

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raccoon dog

noun raccoon dogs

  1. A canid of the genus Nyctereutes, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere in other cool parts of Eurasia. OBLIVIOUS to his sterilisation, Judas the raccoon dog treks through Sweden’s countryside in search of a mate. At last he finds one, only for their liaison to end when she is shot. He trudges on and finds another, but she is killed too. This is his destiny: he is a radio-tagged lure leading hunters t

    Similar: mangut, tanuki

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noun Nyctereutes

Españolperro mapache
한국어너구리 neoguri
日本語狸 tanuki
中文貉子 háozi
Portuguêstanuki
Françaischien viverrin
DeutschMarderhund, Waschbärhund
Italianocane procione, nittereute
Românăenot
Русскийенотови́дная соба́ка jenotovídnaja sobáka
Tiếng Việtlửng chó
עבריתשׁוּעָל רָקוּן shu'ál raqún

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@misc{raccoon_dog_2026,
  title = {raccoon dog},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raccoon%20dog},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}