Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raccoon dog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: rac-coon -dog
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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 to the last live raccoon dogs in the country."

Inflected Forms

raccoon dogs (plural)

Phrases

Japanese marten

Frequently Paired Words

Japanese marten

Synonyms

mangut tanuki nyctereutes procyonides nyctereutes procyonoides

Questions

What does raccoon dog mean?: A canid of the genus Nyctereutes, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere in other cool parts of Eurasia.

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