Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An omnivorous mammal (Procyon lotor) native to the Americas and introduced elsewhere, having grayish-brown fur, black masklike facial markings, and a black-ringed bushy tail.
- noun The fur of this mammal.
- noun Any of various similar or related animals.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
racoon .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) 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 alsocoon , andmapach . - noun (Zoöl.) the tanate.
- noun (Zoöl.) the cacomixle.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
nocturnal omnivore originally living inNorth America , typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and blackfur , a mask-like marking around the eyes and astriped tail; Procyon lotor. - noun Any
mammal of the genusProcyon . - noun Any
mammal of the subfamilyProcyoninae , a procyonine. - noun Any
mammal of the familyProcyonidae , aprocyonid .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
- noun the fur of the North American racoon
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"And if it has young back in there, a mother raccoon is going to just tear another hole into the structure to get back in."
D.C. Council tentatively approves bill on animal- and pest-control firms Tim Craig 2010
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Something is trying to chew through the roof — probably a squirrel or raccoon from the sound of its feet.
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Later, in a bit of synchronicity, my father told me on the phone about how friends of his had saved a baby raccoon from a tree that was being cut down.
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Later, in a bit of synchronicity, my father told me on the phone about how friends of his had saved a baby raccoon from a tree that was being cut down.
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Don't worry about the squirrel eatin ', raccoon hat wearin', horse marryin 'voters in WV and KY ..... there primary won't mean zilch this week.
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DALLAS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. retailer Neiman Marcus has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine for advertising "faux fur" on coats trimmed in Asian raccoon dog, authorities said.
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DALLAS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. retailer Neiman Marcus has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine for advertising "faux fur" on coats trimmed in Asian raccoon dog, authorities said.
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DALLAS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. retailer Neiman Marcus has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine for advertising "faux fur" on coats trimmed in Asian raccoon dog, authorities said.
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DALLAS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. retailer Neiman Marcus has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine for advertising "faux fur" on coats trimmed in Asian raccoon dog, authorities said.
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DALLAS, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. retailer Neiman Marcus has agreed to pay a $25,000 fine for advertising "faux fur" on coats trimmed in Asian raccoon dog, authorities said.
suigeneris commented on the word raccoon
The definition of this word is inaccurate. Raccoons are omnivorous.
August 27, 2012
bilby commented on the word raccoon
2 of the above 4 definitions specify omnivorous. Wordnik does not create the definitions, it aggregates them from online dictionaries and databases.
August 27, 2012