raccoon
(rækuːn ) also racoon
Word forms: raccoons , raccoon
countable noun
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 Caribbean.
The bird has been removed at night to stop foxes or raccoons stealing it.
Image of raccoon
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Translations:
Chinese: 浣熊
Japanese: アライグマ
- on tap
- on tap
- on target
- on tenterhooks
- on that account
- on that score
- on that/this account
- on that/this score
- on the air
- on the alert
- on the back foot
- on the back foot/put someone on the back foot
- on the back of
- on the back of an envelope
- on the back of a postage stamp
- on the ball
- on the barrelhead
- on the basis of principle
- on the beat
- on the bias
- on the big
- on the big/small etc side
- on the blink
- on the blink
- on the block