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also racoon
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Recent Examples of raccoon
Cicadas are a good food source for animals like birds, foxes, skunks and raccoons.
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Finch Walker, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
For example, the scarring on my chin calls for brightening vitamin C serums, while my raccoon-like under-eyes require products that tackle dark circles.
—Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
In Toronto, the raccoons are in a race to outwit humans as urban wildlife managers try to design animal-proof trash bins.
—Daniel T. Blumstein, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
If given the opportunity, squirrel and raccoon mothers will take their babies back—but these marsupial mothers are less forgiving.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
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Finch Walker, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2026
For example, the scarring on my chin calls for brightening vitamin C serums, while my raccoon-like under-eyes require products that tackle dark circles.
—Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026
In Toronto, the raccoons are in a race to outwit humans as urban wildlife managers try to design animal-proof trash bins.
—Daniel T. Blumstein, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
If given the opportunity, squirrel and raccoon mothers will take their babies back—but these marsupial mothers are less forgiving.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 8 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raccoon
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As with brassicas, many pests target strawberries, but garlic’s aroma can keep rabbits, aphids, snails, and slugs at bay.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Apr. 2026
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And so, under the cover of night, the two carnivores have been constantly at odds, racing for the right to hunt rabbits and squirrels, and for the space to dig a den to rear their young.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Ginger the beaver made a dam good leading lady.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2026
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In March 2023, the Beaver Trust revealed in a press release that the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) took in Fig the beaver after someone found the animal with a gunshot wound on his face in the Perthshire area in January 2023.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Since 2005, Lake Katherine has been a refuge for migrating birds, beavers, muskrats, bald eagles, ospreys, turtles, and more.—
Mikayla Price,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2026
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That includes foxes, minks, muskrats, otters, least weasels and bobcats.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His white mink coat had a tail as long as the entrance ramp.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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In other words, as my grandmother (yes, her again) might have said, the lady really knew how to drag her mink.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The mother then lifted the toddler out of the water while the otter continued attacking and bit her arm.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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The Detroit Zoo will be posting updates as the pups continue to grow and hit new milestones, so following the zoo’s social media is your best bet for the freshest otter content.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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These are specialized cartridges intended for shooting small, non-game animals that are essentially pests, including prairie dogs, ground squirrels, coyotes, foxes and rabbits, that are either a threat to agriculture or wildlife management, or are potentially dangerous.—
David Szondy
April 19,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2026
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Typically, foxes are not a serious issue for homeowners.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Otters are part of the weasel family (Mustelidae), which includes some of nature’s most ferocious pint-sized predators, such as badgers, martens, and wolverines.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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Dachshunds are clever hunters, bred hundreds of years ago in Germany to sniff out badgers.—
Mindy Schauer,
Oc Register,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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What's more, the European Commission is planning to announce a decision on banning the holding and killing of mink, foxes, raccoon, dogs and chinchilla, and marketing of fur products from those animals, according to its website.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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As for that friendly neighborhood chinchilla?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Raccoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raccoon. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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