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Borrowed from Japanese 狸(たぬき) (tanuki, “raccoon dog”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
tanuki
ta·nukiToday it means: A raccoon dog, Nyctereutes viverrinus. Full definition →
Today it means: A raccoon dog, Nyctereutes viverrinus. Full definition →
Borrowed from Japanese 狸(たぬき) (tanuki, “raccoon dog”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.