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raccoon

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rac·coon also ra·coon  (r-kn)
n. pl. rac·coons or raccoon also ra·coons or racoon
1. A carnivorous North American mammal (Procyon lotor) having grayish-brown fur, black masklike facial markings, and a black-ringed bushy tail.
2. The fur of this mammal.
3. Any of various similar or related animals.

[Of Virginia Algonquian origin.]

raccoon or racoon
Noun
pl -coons or -coon a small American mammal with a long striped tail [from a Native American language]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.raccoonraccoon - the fur of the North American racoon
fur, pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
2.raccoonraccoon - an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
procyonid - plantigrade carnivorous mammals
genus Procyon, Procyon - the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons
crab-eating raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus - a South American raccoon
Translations
raccoon [rəˈkuːn] nmapache m

raccoon, racoon [rəˈkuːn] nraton m laveur

raccoon [rəˈkuːn] nWaschbär m

raccoon [rəˈkuːn] nprocione m

raccoon
n raccoon, racoon [rəˈkuːn, (American ) rӕ-]
a type of small, furry, North American animal, with a striped, bushy tail. wasbeer راكون: حيوان ثَدْيي миеща мечка mýval vaskebjørn der Waschbär ρακούν mapache pesukaru راکون pesukarhu raton laveur רָקוּן एक मांसाहारी पशु rakun mosómedve nama binatang þvottabjörn procione, orsetto lavatore あらいぐま 너구리 meškėnas jenots rakun wasbeer vaskebjørn szop mão-pelada raton енот medvedík čistotný rakun rakun tvättbjörn ตัวแร็คคูน มีลักษณะคล้ายหมีแต่ตัวเล็กและมีหางเป็นพวง rakun 浣熊 єнот شمالی امریکہ کا پاءوں کے بل چلنے والا گوشت خور میمل جانور gấu trúc bắc Mỹ 浣熊


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"I SEE quite a number of rings on your tail," said an Alderman to a Raccoon that he met in a zoological garden.
The coat in itself was a very good one, it kept me warm; but it was wadded and it had a raccoon collar which was the height of vulgarity.
From Commodore Porter he received the alarming intelligence that the British frigate Phoebe, with a store-ship mounted with battering pieces, calculated to attack forts, had arrived at Rio Janeiro, where she had been joined by the sloops of war Cherub and Raccoon, and that they had all sailed in company on the 6th of July for the Pacific, bound, as it was supposed, to Columbia River.
 
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