RACCOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does raccoon mean? 

• RACCOON (noun)
  The noun RACCOON has 2 senses:

1. the fur of the North American racoon

2. an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America

  Familiarity information: RACCOON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACCOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fur of the North American racoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("raccoon" is a kind of...):

fur; pelt (the dressed hairy coat of a mammal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

raccoon; racoon

Hypernyms ("raccoon" is a kind of...):

procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raccoon"):

common raccoon; common racoon; coon; Procyon lotor; ringtail (North American raccoon)

crab-eating raccoon; Procyon cancrivorus (a South American raccoon)

Holonyms ("raccoon" is a member of...):

genus Procyon; Procyon (the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons)