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ALL meanings of raccoon

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  • noun raccoon A grayish-brown American mammal that has a foxlike face with a black mask and a ringed tail. 1
  • noun raccoon animal 1
  • noun raccoon fur 1
  • noun plural raccoon a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced elsewhere for its valuable fur. 1
  • noun plural raccoon the thick, brownish-gray fur of this animal, with gray, black-tipped guard hairs. 1
  • noun plural raccoon any of various related animals of the genus Procyon, of Central American islands, some now rare. 1
  • countable noun raccoon A raccoon is a small animal that has dark-coloured fur with white stripes on its face and on its long tail. Raccoons live in forests in North and Central America and the West Indies. 0
  • noun raccoon any omnivorous mammal of the genus Procyon, esp P. lotor (North American raccoon), inhabiting forests of North and Central America and the Caribbean: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). Raccoons have a pointed muzzle, long tail, and greyish-black fur with black bands around the tail and across the face 0
  • noun raccoon the fur of the North American raccoon 0
  • noun raccoon any of a genus (Procyon, family Procyonidae) of small, tree-climbing, American carnivores, active largely at night and characterized by long, yellowish-gray fur, black, masklike markings across the eyes, and a long, black-ringed tail 0
  • noun raccoon its fur 0
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