Library / English Dictionary

NYCTEREUTES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raccoon dogs

Synonyms:

genus Nyctereutes; Nyctereutes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Nyctereutes" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Nyctereutes"):

Nyctereutes procyonides; raccoon dog (small wild dog of eastern Asia having facial markings like those of a raccoon)

Holonyms ("Nyctereutes" is a member of...):

Canidae; family Canidae (dogs; wolves; jackals; foxes)

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