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racoon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun racoon has 1 sense
- racoon(n = noun.animal) raccoon - 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
OXFORD DICTIONARY
racoon, n. (also raccoon)
1 any greyish-brown furry N. American nocturnal flesh-eating mammal of the genus Procyon, with a bushy tail and sharp snout.
2 the fur of the racoon.
1 any greyish-brown furry N. American nocturnal flesh-eating mammal of the genus Procyon, with a bushy tail and sharp snout.
2 the fur of the racoon.
Etymology
Algonquian dial.
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