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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