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Webster 1913 Edition
Raccoon
Rac-coon′
(răk-koōn′)
, Noun.
(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
. Raccoon dog
(Zool.)
, the tanate.
– Raccoon fox
(Zool.)
, the cacomixle.