Found 2 items, similar to raccoon.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: raccoon raccoon n 1: the fur of the North American racoon 2: an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America [syn: racoon]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Raccoon 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.] (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. [1913 Webster] Raccoon dog (Zo["o]l.), the tanate. Raccoon fox (Zo["o]l.), the cacomixle. [1913 Webster]