RACOON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does racoon mean? 

• RACOON (noun)
  The noun RACOON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: RACOON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RACOON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

raccoon; racoon

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

procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)

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

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

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

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

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