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Definition of Crab-eating raccoon
1. Noun. A South American raccoon.
Definition of Crab-eating raccoon
1. Noun. A species of raccoon ''Procyon cancrivorus'', found in the jungles of Central and South America. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crab-eating Raccoon
Literary usage of Crab-eating raccoon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"crab-eating raccoon, a kind of raccoon (qv) native to South America (Procyon
cancrivorus), considerably larger than the northern raccoon and having shorter ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... the crab-eating raccoon, is very similar to P. lotor, but differs by its much
shorter fur, larger size, proportionally more powerful teeth, ..."
3. A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere by William Berryman Scott (1913)
"Of the Procyonidae, the northern Procyon lotor is replaced by the Crab-eating
Raccoon, P. cancrivorus, while the coatis (Nasua) and kinkajou (Potos) are ..."
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