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tanuki

tanuki

English

Alternative forms

Noun

tanuki (plural tanuki or tanukis)

  1. the raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides
  2. (mythology) the tanuki regarded as a shapeshifter, also renowned for its enormous scrotum

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Japanese

Romanization

tanuki

  1. rōmaji reading of たぬき
  2. rōmaji reading of タヌキ

Portuguese

Noun

tanuki m (plural tanukis)

  1. raccoon dog; tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides, a canid of East Asia)