raccoon
rac.coon \ra-'ku:n also r*-\ n or raccoon or raccoons [a:ra:hkun (in some Algonquian language of Virginia)] pl 1a: a small flesh-eating mammal (Procyon lotor) of No. America that i s chiefly gray, has a bushy ringed tail, and lives chiefly in trees 1b: the pelt of this animal 2: any of several animals resembling or related to the raccoon