coonology

Noun

coonology (uncountable)

1. (rare) The study of coons (raccoons).
   • He must know the kind of places they frequent most, and learn their motives for going there, and this can be done only by the closest imspection^([sic]) (what they do there is mink or coonology, and can only be guessed at) but it will be sufficient for trappers to note their signs with care, and be...1922, Albert M. Ahern, Fur Facts, C. P. Curran printing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87
   • "Those whose wish is father to the thought declare he will be forced to come down, like Crockett's coon" Class in coonology, stand up. Mr. Crockett never had a coon, so far as history relates.1933, Francis Asbury Sampson, Floyd Calvin Shoemaker, Missouri Historical Review, State Historical Society of Missouri., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 258