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Raccoon
Pronunciation : Rac*coon" (rak*koon"), n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat
Part of Speech : perhaps
Definition : Defn: 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?l.), the tanate. -- Raccoon fox (Zo?l.), the cacomixle.
of German origin. See Rat.] (Zo?l.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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