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Raccoon   /rækˈun/   Listen
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Raccoon  n.  (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.
Raccoon dog (Zool.), the tanate.
Raccoon fox (Zool.), the cacomixle.






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"Raccoon" Quotes from Famous Books



... Brother Coon is the wisest, and were it not for his imprudence and self-assurance, he would be less frequently captured than the coyote, who is also a very clever gentleman. As it is, a raccoon hunt is a nocturnal escapade that may be enjoyed by any lively boy or man who happens ...
— Hunting with the Bow and Arrow • Saxton Pope

... reserve and majestic dignity the great ruler bowed as the captive was led before his rustic throne, where he reclined in a gorgeous robe of raccoon-skins. On either side of the Council Hall sat rows of dusky men and women, with their heads and shoulders painted red, some of the women wearing garments trimmed with the white down from birds' breasts, while others wore long chains of white beads ...
— Ten American Girls From History • Kate Dickinson Sweetser

... accordingly, brought into the presence of the king, Powhatan, who received him in a robe of raccoon skins, and seated on a kind of throne, with two beautiful young daughters at his side. After a long consultation, he was ...
— Parker's Second Reader • Richard G. Parker

... small darky boy stood near the mule. In his hand was a rusty chain, and at the end of the chain the delighted Penrod perceived the source of the special smell he was tracing—a large raccoon. Duke, who had shown not the slightest interest in the rats, set up a frantic barking and simulated a ravening assault upon the strange animal. It was only a bit of acting, however, for Duke was an old dog, had suffered much, and desired ...
— Penrod • Booth Tarkington

... deep-chested bellow, and in response a little girl came running in, staggering under the weight of the captain's overcoat of raccoon fur. ...
— Jacqueline of Golden River • H. M. Egbert


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