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}.
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{Raccoon dog} (Zool.), the tanate.
{Raccoon fox} (Zool.), the cacomixle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Coon \Coon\ (k[=oo]n), n. (Zool.)
A raccoon. See {Raccoon}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coon
n 1: an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon
when the battle starts"
2: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person;
"only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: {nigger},
{nigga}, {spade}, {coon}, {jigaboo}, {nigra}]
3: North American raccoon [syn: {common raccoon}, {common
racoon}, {coon}, {ringtail}, {Procyon lotor}]
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