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Coon (kn), n. (Zool.) A raccoon. See Raccoon.
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Raccoon (răkkn), 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.
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Raccoon dog (Zool.), the tanate. -- Raccoon fox (Zool.), the cacomixle.
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