coonology

English

Etymology

coon +‎ -ology

Noun

coonology (uncountable)

1. (rare) The studies of coons (raccoons).
   • 1922, Albert M. Ahern, Fur Facts‎^[1], C. P. Curran printing Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87:

     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 careful not to tramp around much or disturb their haunts.

   • 1933, Francis Asbury Sampson, Floyd Calvin Shoemaker, Missouri Historical Review‎^[2], State Historical Society of Missouri., →LCCN, →OCLC, page 258:

     "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.