Meaning of tanuki | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A raccoon dog, Nyctereutes viverrinus.
2. A folkloric figure in the form of a tanuki, regarded as a shapeshifter and renowned for its enormous scrotum and testicles.
   Japanese
3. The joining of a living bonsai tree to a piece of dead wood for aesthetic effect.

Examples

“At my onboarding, I was told that one of GitHub's employees identified as a tanuki, a Japanese raccoon dog—this was fine.”

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