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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
raccoon
    n 1: the fur of the North American racoon
    2: an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and
       Central America [syn: raccoon, racoon]

2. 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.
   [1913 Webster]

   Raccoon dog (Zool.), the tanate.

   Raccoon fox (Zool.), the cacomixle.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Raccoon:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Cape polecat, ape, bar, bear, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, coon, ferret, foumart, glutton, groundhog, guinea pig, hedgehog, monk, monkey, mousehound, opossum, polecat, porcupine, possum, prairie dog, quill pig, skunk, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine, woodchuck, zoril
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