raccoon
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɹəˈkuːn//
- United States//ɹæˈkun//
- United States//ɹəˈkun//
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.
noun
- 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
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.
The Rackoone is a deepe furred beaſt, not much unlike a Badger, having a tayle like a Fox, as good meate as a Lambe; there is one of them in the Tovver.
Thus we're presented with[…]a man who has the head of his penis bitten off by a raccoon, then bleeds to death in a forest.
- 3
Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
- 4
Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
- 5
Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog.
Etymology
From arocoun (1608), from Powhatan ärähkun, from ärähkuněm (“he scratches with his hands”).
Forms
- plural
- raccoons
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