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also racoon
as in rabbit
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Recent Examples of raccoon
At one point, a White House police officer captured a wild male raccoon and offered him as a playmate: the male, named Rueben, ran away, and Rebecca lived on in stately solitude.
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Katherine Rundell, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Research on dairy farms has shown the virus spreads efficiently between mammals, including from cows to other species like raccoons and cats.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
The company handles wildlife that shows up in unexpected, and often unwelcome spaces, and frequently posts social media videos of its encounters featuring creatures like bobcats, wild boars, skunks, raccoons and rattlesnakes.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The Goins brothers hunted rabbits, deer, raccoons and squirrels for the family to eat.
—Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
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Katherine Rundell, Harper's Magazine, 2 Nov. 2024
Research on dairy farms has shown the virus spreads efficiently between mammals, including from cows to other species like raccoons and cats.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
The company handles wildlife that shows up in unexpected, and often unwelcome spaces, and frequently posts social media videos of its encounters featuring creatures like bobcats, wild boars, skunks, raccoons and rattlesnakes.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The Goins brothers hunted rabbits, deer, raccoons and squirrels for the family to eat.
—Ella Adams, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raccoon
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For fine dining, head to Forklift, where your rabbit will be cooked three ways and paired with cauliflower cream.Emma John, AFAR Media, 7 Jan. 2025
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It is known for its slightly maniacal logo of a rabbit with pink ears and its teeth hanging over a skull-and-crossbones and offers men’s and children’s wear in a variety of categories including polos, T-shirts, pants, sportswear and accessories.Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
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Homeostasis and Stability: Like beavers and wolves, leaders create balance by managing both innovation (growth) and stability (process).Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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The short-faced bear went extinct around 11,000 years, at the end of the Pleistocene, along with most of the large mammals that lived alongside it, including all the large carnivores listed above, as well as giant ground sloths, mammoths, mastodons, giant beavers, camels, and giant armadillos.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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The muskrats are depended on by bald eagles, and muskrats are probably the biggest consumer of the freshwater mussels.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Edward’s parenting was particularly industrious, requiring his children to paint their own rooms, make their own clothes and earn extra cash by trapping and skinning muskrats to sell their pelts.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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Shortly after 8:15 pm, Ross took the stage, donning a forest green tuxedo, mink coat, and a cane fit for royalty.Okla Jones, Essence, 31 Dec. 2024
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Another exception to this rule is when Hedwig goes through a selection of nice clothing, obviously the property of the dead, and selects a mink coat for herself, posing before a mirror.James Verniere, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2024
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Healing the ecosystem so the otters could come back had the win-win effect of helping manage an invasive species.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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The department said that while encounters with otters are rare, the animals can be territorial.Brie Stimson, Fox News, 14 Sep. 2024
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The fear of leaving without her fox was greater than the fear of missing the flight.New York Times Games, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Wild Robot filmmakers found their look when going over early concept art that had the island’s natural environment and its animals — foxes, bears, beavers, opossums and others — drawn in a painterly way.Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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But the honeyguide bird is an exception that actually calls to the badgers, despite the potential danger of predation.Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Most Wisconsinites know that the official state animal is a badger.Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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Lucas retains his hold on the lucrative smack market largely because of his ability to not attract attention; his eventual downfall is hastened by the regrettable decision to stand out in a crowd for once and rock a chinchilla fur coat and matching hat at a prizefight.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Dec. 2024
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While our guide talked, viscachas — Peruvian chinchillas — scurried atop the walls and a quartet of wild llamas gathered on one of the lawns.Monisha Rajesh, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Raccoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raccoon. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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