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procyonid, n. and a.|ˈprəʊsɪɒnɪd|
[f. mod.L. family name Procyonidæ, f. generic name Procyon (G. C. C. Storr Prodomus Methodi Mammalium (1780) 35): see Procyon.]
A mammal belonging to the family Procyonidæ, which includes racoons and pandas. Also as adj., of, pertaining to, or resembling an animal of this kind.
1909in N.E.D. 1910H. F. Osborn Age of Mammals iv. 288 This [sc. the Lower Miocene] is the first geological appearance of the characteristically American family of raccoons, or procyonids. 1921Proc. Zool. Soc. 419 The genus [Ailuropoda] is neither Ursid nor Procyonid. 1941Geol. Ser. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. VIII. 33 (title) A new procyonid from the Miocene of Nebraska. 1964E. P. Walker Mammals of World II. 1179/2 Most procyonids travel in pairs or family groups. 1973Nature 28 Sept. 218/2 Its [sc. the giant panda's] closest affinities are with the ursids (bears) or procyonids (raccoons). 1978T. A. Vaughan Mammalogy (ed. 2) xii. 217/1 Procyonids are of modest size, weighing from less than a kilogram to about 20 kg. |