What does tanuki mean?
Tanuki means A raccoon dog, Nyctereutes viverrinus..
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/təˈnʊkɪ/ · noun
A raccoon dog, Nyctereutes viverrinus..
At my onboarding, I was told that one of GitHub's employees identified as a tanuki, a Japanese raccoon dog—this was fine.
Use tanuki when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tanuki means A raccoon dog, Nyctereutes viverrinus..
Common synonyms include mangut.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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