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Raccoon

//ɹəˈkuːn// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Putnam County, Indiana.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; Four townships, one each in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Raccoon Township.
Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America wordnet
  3. 3
    The common raccoon (Procyon lotor).

    "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."

  4. 4
    the fur of the North American racoon wordnet
  5. 5
    Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
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  1. 6
    Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
  2. 7
    Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog. broadly, proscribed

Etymology

From arocoun (1608), from Powhatan ärähkun, from ärähkuněm (“he scratches with his hands”).

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