From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Raccoon \Rac*coon"\ (r[a^]k*k[=oo]n"), n. [F. raton, prop., a
little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See
Rat.] (Zool.)
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.
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Raccoon dog (Zool.), the tanate.
Raccoon fox (Zool.), the cacomixle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coon \Coon\ (k[=oo]n), n. (Zool.)
A raccoon. See Raccoon.
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