Raccoon

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raccoon \Rac*coon"\ (r[a^]k*k[=oo]n"), n. [F. raton, prop., a
     little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See
     {Rat}.] (Zool.)
     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]
  
     {Raccoon dog} (Zool.), the tanate.
  
     {Raccoon fox} (Zool.), the cacomixle.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  raccoon
       n 1: the fur of the North American racoon
       2: an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and
          Central America [syn: {racoon}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "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