Raccoon

Quick meaning: Raccoon is a noun meaning The common raccoon (Procyon lotor).

Meaning

The common raccoon (Procyon lotor).

More Meanings

1. Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
2. Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
3. (loosely, proscribed) Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog.
4. An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.

Example Sentences

Thus we're presented with[…]a man who has the head of his penis bitten off by a raccoon, then bleeds to death in a forest.

Before a fire upon a seat like a bedsted, he sat covered with a great robe, made of Rarowcun skinnes, and all the tayles hanging by.

The Rackoone is a deepe furred beaſt, not much unlike a Badger, having a tayle like a Fox, as good meate as a Lambe; there is one of them in the Tovver.

Word Forms

• raccoons
• racoon

Synonyms for raccoon

Depending on context, synonyms include coon, racoon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include racoon, wash, scrubber, rarowcun, ringtail, aracoune.

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