Raccoon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A carnivorous North American mammal (Procyon lotor) having grayish-brown fur, black masklike facial markings, and a black-ringed bushy tail.
  • n. The fur of this mammal.
  • n. Any of various similar or related animals.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A nocturnal omnivore originally living in North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor.
  • n. Any mammal of the genus Procyon.
  • n. Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
  • n. Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See racoon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
  • n. the fur of the North American racoon
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fur    pelt   
    Variant
    coon    mapach   
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