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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring- tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus]
2: North American raccoon [syn: common raccoon, common racoon, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor]
3: monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl [syn: capuchin, ringtail, Cebus capucinus]
4: an immature golden eagle

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1844 1. raccoon 2. a carnivore (Bassariscus astutus) of the western United States and Mexico that is related to and resembles the raccoon — called also cacomistle, civet cat, ringtail cat, ringtailed cat 3. capuchin 3

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a ring-tailed opossum, lemur, or phalanger. 2 a golden eagle up to its third year. 3 a female hen-harrier.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ringtail Ring"tail`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. 2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail. Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.