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raccoon
(rækuːn) also racoon
Word forms: plural raccoons, plural 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 West Indies.
raccoon in British English
or racoon (rəˈkuːn)
nounWord forms: plural -coons or -coon
1.
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.
the fur of the North American raccoon
Word origin
C17: from Algonquian ärähkun, from ärähkuněm he scratches with his handsraccoon in American English
(ræˈkun)
US
nounWord forms: plural racˈcoons or racˈcoon
1.
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
2.
its fur
Word origin
< Virginia Algonquian aroughcunImage ofraccoon
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In other languagesraccoon
British English: raccoon /rəˈkuːn/ 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 West Indies.
- American English: racoon
- Arabic: راكُون
- Brazilian Portuguese: racum
- Chinese: 浣熊
- Croatian: rakun
- Czech: mýval
- Danish: vaskebjørn
- Dutch: wasbeer
- European Spanish: mapache
- Finnish: pesukarhu
- French: raton laveur
- German: Waschbär
- Greek: ρακούν
- Italian: procione
- Japanese: アライグマ
- Korean: 너구리
- Norwegian: vaskebjørn
- Polish: szop
- European Portuguese: guaxinim
- Romanian: raton
- Russian: енот
- Latin American Spanish: mapache
- Swedish: tvättbjörn
- Thai: แรคคูน
- Turkish: rakun
- Ukrainian: єнот
- Vietnamese: gấu trúc Mỹ
Chinese translation of 'raccoon'
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