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Nyctereutes

noun

raccoon dogs

• Syn: ↑genus Nyctereutes

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Canidae, ↑family Canidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑raccoon dog, ↑Nyctereutes procyonides

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\\ˌniktəˈrüd.ēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nyktereutēs one who hunts or fishes by night, from nykt- nyct- + ereutēs collector, exactor, from ereuein to search, investigate, ask; akin to Old Norse raun attempt, examination, reyna to test, experience

: a genus of mammals (family Canidae) consisting of the raccoon dogs

Useful english dictionary. 2012.