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.