raccoon

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rac·coon, racoon /rəˈkuːn, ræ- $ ræ-/ noun  1. [countable]HBA a small North American animal with black fur around its eyes and black and grey rings on its tail 浣熊 →4  See picture of 见图 raccoon2  [uncountable]HBA the skin and thick fur of a raccoon 浣熊毛皮 a raccoon coat 浣熊皮大衣

Examples from the Corpus

raccoon• All was dressed up like Bud Flanagan for some reason almost drowning in a raccoon coat.• If you had sunglasses on and took them off, you would look like a raccoon.• And there he was: a raccoon.• Many a neighborhood pet or bold raccoon had already done some investigating.• But try this fur starters ... our speciality stuffed raccoon.• Plucked from the broken stalks that Mr Garner could not doubt was the fault of the raccoon.• The raccoon has a strong preference for aquatic feeding.• In fact, their hands bore an eerie resemblance to raccoon hands.Origin raccoon (1600-1700) Virginia Algonquian äräkhun

rac·coon nounChineseSyllable  

American a fur black Corpus animal North around with small

raccoon
rac‧coon , racoon /rəˈkuːn, ræ- $ ræ-/ noun1. [countable] a small North American animal with black fur around its eyes and black and grey rings on its tail
2. [uncountable] the skin and thick fur of a raccoon:
    a raccoon coat

rac·coon (also ra·coon) BrE /rəˈkuːn/ 🔊NAmE /ræˈkuːn/ 🔊 noun [countable] a small N American animal with greyish-brown fur, black marks on its face and a thick tail 浣熊；北美浣熊 [uncountable] the fur of the raccoon 浣熊的毛皮