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raccoon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun raccoon has 2 senses
- raccoon(n = noun.substance) Array - the fur of the North American racoon; Array is a kind of fur, pelt
- raccoon(n = noun.animal) racoon - an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America; Array is a kind of procyonid
is a member of genus procyon, procyon
has particulars: common raccoon, common racoon, coon, procyon lotor, ringtail, crab-eating raccoon, procyon cancrivorus
CIDE DICTIONARY
raccoon, n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See Rat.].
A North American nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor ) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon , and mapach . [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
raccoon
Cape polecat, ape, bar, bear, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, coon, ferret, foumart, glutton, groundhog, guinea pig, hedgehog, monk, monkey, mousehound, opossum, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, quill pig, skunk, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril
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