trash panda
trash panda noun: a raccoon, especially one that forages in garbage cans.
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Noun
trash panda (plural trash pandas)
- A raccoon, especially one that forages in garbage cans.
- Braddock Baskett of the Orlando-area attempted to give some raccoons food. […] Maybe he should’ve taken his own warning before feeding the “trash panda”.2016 April 30, Zach Dennis, “Florida man tries to feed ‘trash panda’ in epic fail”, in Palm Beach Post, retrieved 13 Apr 2018
- [T]he family baby, Jack-Jack, sees a raccoon eating from the family’s garbage can while his father, Mr. Incredible, is sleeping, and uses his superpowers […] to do battle with the trash panda.2017 July 14, Josh Rottenberg, “All the intel on Disney and Pixar's new slate of animated films”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 13 Apr 2018
- Synonyms:
- dumpster bandit, dumpster panda, garbage panda
Synonyms of trash panda
Forms of trash panda
| plural | trash pandas |
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Origin of trash panda
From the likening of the black patches around a raccoon's eyes to similar markings on a giant panda, it being in the same superfamily as the red panda, and a reference to its tendency to forage for garbage in urban environments.
Questions about trash panda
- What does trash panda mean?
- Trash panda means a raccoon, especially one that forages in garbage cans.
- What part of speech is trash panda?
- Trash panda is a noun.
- What is the plural of trash panda?
- The plural of trash panda is trash pandas.
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