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A nocturnal omnivore native to North America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; Procyon lotor .
* 1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p. 64:
* 2010 , Charlie Brooker, "Screen Burn", The Guardian , 3 Apr 2010:
Any mammal of the genus Procyon .
Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
Any of three species of genus Equus'': ''E. grevyi]]'', '''', or ''[[Equus zebra, E. zebra , all with black and white stripes and native to Africa.
(sports, slang) A referee.
(medicine, slang) An unlikely diagnosis, especially for symptoms probably caused by a common ailment. (Originates in the advice often given to medical students: "When you hear hoof beats, think of horses, not zebras.")
(vulgar, pejorative, slang) A bi-racial person, specifically one born to a member of the Sub-Saharan African race and a Caucasian.
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As a noun raccoon
is a nocturnal omnivore native to north america, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail; procyon lotor .As a verb zebra is
.raccoon
English
(wikipedia raccoon)Alternative forms
* racoon * rarowcun * r'coon (colloquial contraction)Noun
(en noun)- Before a fire upon a seat like a bedsted, he sat covered with a great robe, made of Rarowcun skinnes, and all the tayles hanging by.
- Thus we're presented witha man who has the head of his penis bitten off by a raccoon , then bleeds to death in a forest.
