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raccoon

noun

variants also racoon

Definition of raccoon

as in rabbit

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Recent Examples of raccoon Rabies is spread through bites and scratches from infected animals — most often bats, foxes, raccoons and skunks — and is almost always fatal once symptoms begin, though a four-to-five-shot vaccine given after exposure is nearly 100% effective. — The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Officials responded with an Oral Rabies Vaccination Program, buying 15,000 oral rabies vaccines to be placed inside bait for raccoons to eat. — Renee Anderson, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 In Texas, rabies has been detected mostly in bats, skunks, raccoons and foxes, according to the state health department. — Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026 The internet went wild for the unique raccoon after Seattle resident Kiana Hall uploaded a video of the animal on social media on July 13, affectionately naming him Jimothy. — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for raccoon

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Noun

There are seagull puppets, a tandem bicycle, an oil stain in the shape of a rabbit, a meteorite.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, and household birds can accompany passengers in the cabin on flights within the US.

— Sarah Kuta, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of rabbit

Noun

Beside a fallen tree, McCormack points out how a beaver chewed more deeply into one side of the trunk, bringing it down into the water.

— CBS News, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
In winter, several migratory duck species spend the season on its clear-flowing creeks and ponds, including beaver ponds.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of beaver

Noun

The new policy prohibits fur from animals killed specifically for their pelts, including mink, fox, rabbit, chinchilla and coyote.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Drape it over your sofa throughout the season and refresh your space with new throw pillow covers, like the Cozy Teddy covers in the same fuzzy fabric or the luxuriously soft faux-mink covers in a similar color.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of mink

Noun

Its sophisticated but never stuffy—for proof, take a peek at artist Becca Barnet’s playful diorama of taxidermy foxes and butterflies in the concierge’s nook.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
Looking through small microscopes implanted in the mice’s heads, Patel’s team zoomed in on a particular subset of brain cells, called somatostatin neurons, as the animals reacted to the fox urine scent.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of fox

Noun

On previous survey nights that lasted until sunrise, the researchers have seen mule deer, bobcats, badgers and foxes prowling in the cover of the dark.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Smith would later learn that Cello had made his way into a badger’s den — called a sett — and became lost in the underground network of tunnels.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of badger

Noun

The new policy prohibits fur from animals killed specifically for their pelts, including mink, fox, rabbit, chinchilla and coyote.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Queen Bey’s feminism would mature — on the occasion of her 25th birthday, specifics were mostly limited to paying one’s own way and doing one’s best to keep rivals out of chinchilla coats.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 4 July 2026

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