raccoon
noun /rəˈkuːn/
/ræˈkuːn/
(also racoon)
- [countable] a small North American animal with grey-brown fur, black marks on its face and a thick tailTopics Animalsc2
- [uncountable] the fur of the raccoon
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian aroughcun.