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rac·coon

also ra·coon (ră-ko͞on′)

n. pl. rac·coons or raccoon also ra·coons or racoon

1. An omnivorous mammal (Procyon lotor) native to the Americas and introduced elsewhere, having grayish-brown fur, black masklike facial markings, and a black-ringed bushy tail.

2. The fur of this mammal.

3. Any of various similar or related animals.

[Of Virginia Algonquian origin.]

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raccoon

(rəˈkuːn) or

racoon

n, pl -coons or -coon

1. (Animals) 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

2. (Textiles) the fur of the North American raccoon

[C17: from Algonquian ärähkun, from ärähkuněm he scratches with his hands]

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rac•coon

(ræˈkun)

n., pl. -coons, (esp. collectively) -coon.

1. any small, nocturnal carnivore of the genus Procyon, esp. P. lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America.

2. the thick, brownish gray fur of this animal.

[1608, Amer.; < Virginia Algonquian aroughcun]

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Noun	1.	raccoon - the fur of the North American racoon fur, pelt - the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
	2.	raccoon - an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America racoon procyonid - plantigrade carnivorous mammals genus Procyon, Procyon - the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons common raccoon, common racoon, Procyon lotor, ringtail - North American raccoon crab-eating raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus - a South American raccoon

Translations

راكُون

mýval

vaskebjørn

pesukarhu

rakun

mosómedve

rakun

òvottabjörn

procione orsetto lavatore

アライグマ

너구리

meškėnas

jenots

medvedík čistotný

rakun

tvättbjörn

แรคคูน

rakun

gấu trúc Mỹ

浣熊

raccoon

[rəˈkuːn] N (raccoon or raccoons (pl)) → mapache m

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raccoon

racoon [rəˈkuːn] n → raton m laveur

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raccoon

[rəˈkuːn] n → procione m, orsetto lavatore

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

raccoon,

racoon

(rəˈkuːn) , ((American) rӕ-) noun

a type of small, furry, North American animal, with a striped, bushy tail.

raccoon

→ راكُون mýval vaskebjørn Waschbär ρακούν mapache pesukarhu raton laveur rakun procione アライグマ 너구리 wasbeer vaskebjørn szop guaxinim, racum енот tvättbjörn แรคคูน rakun gấu trúc Mỹ 浣熊

raccoon

n mapache m

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"I SEE quite a number of rings on your tail," said an Alderman to a Raccoon that he met in a zoological garden.

"Yes," replied the Raccoon, "and I hear quite a number of tales on your ring."

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The coat in itself was a very good one, it kept me warm; but it was wadded and it had a raccoon collar which was the height of vulgarity.

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From Commodore Porter he received the alarming intelligence that the British frigate Phoebe, with a store-ship mounted with battering pieces, calculated to attack forts, had arrived at Rio Janeiro, where she had been joined by the sloops of war Cherub and Raccoon, and that they had all sailed in company on the 6th of July for the Pacific, bound, as it was supposed, to Columbia River.

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I formerly saw the raccoon in the woods behind where my house is built, and probably still heard their whinnering at night.

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Neither were the schooner captains believed when they reported seeing, on cold winter mornings, a man swimming in the tide-rips of Raccoon Straits or in the swift currents between Goat island and Angel Island miles from shore.

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TORONTO, , Rabi'I 20, 1437, December 31, 2015, SPA -- raccoon was caught on video attempting to steal a donut from a Toronto coffee shop, according to UPI.

Raccoon drops into coffee shop roof to steal donut

In 2006 a pet raccoon went missing from his home in Ruthin and was captured three weeks later on the roof of a garden shed in Buckley, 15 miles away.