RACCOON DOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raccoon dog mean? 

• RACCOON DOG (noun)
  The noun RACCOON DOG has 1 sense:

1. small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon

  Familiarity information: RACCOON DOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACCOON DOG (noun)

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Meaning:

Small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Nyctereutes procyonides; raccoon dog

Hypernyms ("raccoon dog" is a kind of...):

wild dog (any of various undomesticated mammals of the family Canidae that are thought to resemble domestic dogs as distinguished from jackals or wolves)

Holonyms ("raccoon dog" is a member of...):

genus Nyctereutes; Nyctereutes (raccoon dogs)