Usually means: Japanese raccoon dog, folklore shapeshifter.
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  1. tanuki: Merriam-Webster
  2. tanuki: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Tanuki, tanuki: Wordnik
  4. tanuki: Wiktionary
  5. Tanuki: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Tanuki: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (tanuki)

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

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