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Definition of Coon cat
1. Noun. Omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America.
Generic synonyms: Procyonid
Group relationships: Genus Nasua, Nasua
2. Noun. Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.
Generic synonyms: Procyonid
Group relationships: Bassariscus, Genus Bassariscus
Definition of Coon cat
1. Noun. (American English) A Maine Coon ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coon Cat
Literary usage of Coon cat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"Above the cage of one " freak " hung the following legend, on a black placard,
in large, silvered letters : ' MAJOR B. coon cat. OWNED BY MRS. ..."
2. The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Waldo Burgess (1920)
"... Ocelot and the Jaguarundi Cat or Eyra. XXXI BOBBY COON ARRIVES 268 The Raccoon
and the Civet or Ring-tailed Cat, . also called coon cat and Bassaris. ..."
3. A Sketch of the Life of John M. Todd: (sixty-two Years in a Barber Shop) and by John M. Todd (1906)
"... from which a large black cat sprang out, with tail erect and as large as a
coon cat's tail, and as frightened an animal as ever was seen. ..."
4. Upland and meadow: a Poaetquissings chronicle by Charles Conrad Abbott (1886)
"Opossum,'coon, cat, or my imagination ? I listened, but no sound could be detected.
I thumped upon the hollow trunk, but it caused no commotion within. ..."
5. Physiognomy Illustrated; Or, Nature's Revelations of Character: A by Joseph Simms (1889)
"The camel takes his exercise in sunshine, while the skunk, fox, coon, cat, and
other small-boned animals prowl ..."
6. The National Zoological Park: A Popular Account of Its Collections by Ned Hollister (1919)
"... often called the " ring-tailed cat," " coon cat," or " civet." It is common
along the Pacific coast of the United States and southward into the Tropics. ..."
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