Complete Definition of "raccoon"

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English
Image:Procyon lotor (Common raccoon).jpg|right|thumb|A common raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�n|-u�n

Noun
en-noun

  1. Any member of the genus Procyon.
  2. Nocturnal omnivore originally living in Northern America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.

Alternative spellings
racoon

Scientific names
Procyon lotor

Translations

Basque: mapatxe
Cherokee: �� (vtli)
Chinese: 浣�
Czech: mýval m
Danish: vaskebjørn
Dutch: wasbeer m
Estonian: pesukaru
Finnish: pesukarhu
French: raton laveur m
German: Waschbär m
Indonesian: rakun
Italian: procione m
Japanese: �����
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Lakota: wica
Latvian: jenots
Norwegian: vaskebjørn m
Ojibwe: ����� (esiban) na
Português: guaxinim m
Slovene: rakun m
Spanish: mapache m
Swedish: tvättbjörn c
Russian: ено� (jenót) m
Turkish: rakun

Category:Algonquian derivations
Category:Mammals

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Revision and Credits for"raccoon"
  • 2007-12-15 19:48 - Phantommine - Scientific name "Procyon lotor" sure looks accurate to me... I dunno why this flag is on this page. http://www.nps.gov/archive/mora/ncrd/mamm2.htm

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