RACCOON
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)
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)
Meaning:
An omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
racoon; raccoon
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)
