Raccoon \Rac*coon"\, n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat
rat, perhaps of German origin. See Rat.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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["o]l.), the tanate.
Raccoon fox (Zo["o]l.), the cacomixle.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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