raccoon dog

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noun

a small wild dog of the genus Nyctereutes, common in Asia, resembling a raccoon in coat and coloration.

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Origin of raccoon dog

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby raccoon dog

rabirubia, Raborn, rabot, RAC, raccoon, raccoon dog, Raccoon River, race, raceable, raceabout, race-baiting

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How to use raccoon dog in a sentence

The animals—either wild-caught or farmed non-domesticated species—include species susceptible to both SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, such as civets, mink, badgers, and raccoon dogs.
This scientist now believes covid started in Wuhan’s wet market. Here’s why.|Jane Qiu|November 19, 2021|MIT Technology Review
In the months since he signed the Science letter, Worobey has become more convinced that the pandemic began as a spillover in the market, where animals known to be capable of harboring the virus — such as raccoon dogs — were sold.
Prominent scientist who said lab-leak theory of covid-19 origin should be probed now believes evidence points to Wuhan market|Joel Achenbach|November 18, 2021|Washington Post
The two leading scenarios, the team concluded, are transmission of the virus to people either directly from bats or, more likely, via an intermediate animal like a civet or raccoon dog.
4 takeaways from the WHO’s report on the origins of the coronavirus|Erin Garcia de Jesús|April 1, 2021|Science News
With SARS, researchers tested caged market animals and quickly found a nearly identical virus in Himalayan palm civet cats and raccoon dogs, which are also eaten locally.
No one can find the animal that gave people covid-19|Antonio Regalado|March 26, 2021|MIT Technology Review

Camera traps set up by ecologists in the region have documented wild boars, raccoon dogs, and a dozen other mammal species.
5 famous environmental disasters where humans and nature healed together|Meera Subramanian|February 16, 2021|Popular-Science

British Dictionary definitions for raccoon dog

raccoon dog

noun

a canine mammal, Nyctereutes procyonoides, inhabiting woods and forests near rivers in E Asia. It has long yellowish-brown black-tipped hair and facial markings resembling those of a raccoon

Also called: coonhound an American breed of dog having a short smooth black coat with tan markings, bred to hunt raccoons

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