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3 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Coon \Coon\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A raccoon. See {Raccoon}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: coon n 1: a an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts" 2: ethnic slur; offensive name for Black person [syn: {nigger}, {spade}, {jigaboo}, {nigra}] 3: North American raccoon [syn: {common raccoon}, {common racoon}, {ringtail}, {Procyon lotor}]
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