NYCTEREUTES PROCYONIDES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Nyctereutes procyonides; raccoon dog

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Nyctereutes procyonides" 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 ("Nyctereutes procyonides" is a member of...):

genus Nyctereutes; Nyctereutes (raccoon dogs)

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