Hypertext Webster Gateway: "raccoon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Raccoon \Rac*coon"\, n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat
rat, perhaps of German origin. See {Rat}.] (Zo["o]l.)
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} (Zo["o]l.), the tanate.
{Raccoon fox} (Zo["o]l.), the cacomixle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
raccoon
n 1: the fur of the North American racoon
2: omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North and Central
America [syn: {racoon}]
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