Raccoon dog

from 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}]

from 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}.
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   {Raccoon dog} (Zool.), the tanate.

   {Raccoon fox} (Zool.), the cacomixle.
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from 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}.
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