RACCOONS

Noun

raccoons

plural of raccoon

Anagrams

• carcoons

Source: Wiktionary


RACCOON

Rac*coon" (rak*koon"), n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See Rat.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: 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.

Raccoon dog (Zoöl.), the tanate. -- Raccoon fox (Zoöl.), the cacomixle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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