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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ra•coon (ra ko̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -coons, (esp. collectively) -coon. - Mammalsraccoon.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: racoon /rəˈkuːn/ n ( pl -coons, -coon)- a variant spelling of raccoon
rac•coon /ræˈkun/USA pronunciation n., pl. -coons, (esp. when thought of as a group) -coon. - Mammals[countable] a small, meat-eating animal active at night, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes and a bushy, ringed tail.
- Clothing[uncountable] the thick, brownish gray fur of this animal.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rac•coon (ra ko̅o̅n′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -coons, (esp. collectively) -coon. - Mammalsa nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur.
- Clothingthe thick, brownish-gray fur of this animal, with gray, black-tipped guard hairs.
- Mammalsany of various related animals of the genus Procyon, of Central American islands, some now rare.
- Virginia Algonquian (English spelling, spelled) aroughcun
- 1600–10, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: raccoon, racoon /rəˈkuːn/ n ( pl -coons, -coon)- any omnivorous mammal of the genus Procyon, esp P. lotor (North American raccoon), inhabiting forests of North and Central America and the Caribbean: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). Raccoons have a pointed muzzle, long tail, and greyish-black fur with black bands around the tail and across the face
- the fur of the North American raccoon
Etymology: 17th Century: from Algonquian ärähkun, from ärähkuněm he scratches with his hands |