Coon

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

  Coon \Coon\ (k[=oo]n), n. (Zool.)
     A raccoon. See {Raccoon}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  coon
       n 1: an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon
            when the battle starts"
       2: (ethnic slur) offensive name for a Black person; "only a
          Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: {nigger}, {nigga},
           {spade}, {jigaboo}, {nigra}]
       3: North American raccoon [syn: {common raccoon}, {common
          racoon}, {ringtail}, {Procyon lotor}]