Meanings
plural raccoon dogs
- A canid of the genus Nyctereutes, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere in other cool parts of Eurasia.
1 more example
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.
2016, Aisling Irwin, Furry aliens on Europe’s hit list: New Scientist, number 3063, page 8
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA canid of the genus Nyctereutes, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere in other cool parts of Eurasia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounsmall wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan gos viverrí
- gos viverríNyctereutes
Chinese Mandarin 貉子
- 貉子 (háozi)Nyctereutes
Danish mårhund
- mårhundNyctereutes
Dutch wasbeerhond, marterhond
- wasbeerhondNyctereutes
- marterhondNyctereutes
Esperanto niktereŭto
- niktereŭtoNyctereutes
Estonian kährikkoer
- kährikkoerNyctereutes
Finnish supikoira
- supikoiraNyctereutes
French chien viverrin
- chien viverrinNyctereutes
German Marderhund, Waschbärhund
- MarderhundNyctereutes
- WaschbärhundNyctereutes
Hebrew שׁוּעָל רָקוּן
- שׁוּעָל רָקוּן (shu'ál raqún)Nyctereutes
Hungarian nyestkutya
- nyestkutyaNyctereutes
Indonesian anjing rakun
- anjing rakunNyctereutes
Italian cane procione, nittereute
- cane procioneNyctereutes
- nittereuteNyctereutes
Japanese 狸
- 狸 (tanuki)Nyctereutes
Korean 너구리
- 너구리 (neoguri)Nyctereutes
Malay anjing rakun
- anjing rakunNyctereutes
Polish jenot
- jenotNyctereutes
Portuguese tanuki
- tanukiNyctereutes
Romanian enot
- enotNyctereutes
Russian енотови́дная соба́ка
- енотови́дная соба́ка (jenotovídnaja sobáka)Nyctereutes
Spanish perro mapache
- perro mapacheNyctereutes
Swedish mårdhund
- mårdhundNyctereutes
Thai จิ้งจอกแร็กคูน
- จิ้งจอกแร็กคูนNyctereutes
Turkish rakun köpeği
- rakun köpeğiNyctereutes
Ukrainian єнотоподібний собака
- єнотоподібний собака (jenotopodibnyj sobaka)Nyctereutes
Vietnamese lửng chó
- lửng chóNyctereutes
Welsh racŵn-gi
- racŵn-giNyctereutes
Cite this entry
raccoon dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raccoon%20dog
“raccoon dog.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raccoon%20dog. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “raccoon dog,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/raccoon%20dog.
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