Raccoon

Definitions

1. An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.
2. A number of places in the United States:
3. An unincorporated community in Franklin Township, Putnam County, Indiana.
4. The common raccoon (Procyon lotor).
5. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
6. Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
7. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
8. Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
9. Four townships, one each in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, listed under Raccoon Township.
10. Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog.
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Examples

“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.”

“The Rackoone is a deepe furred beaſt, not much unlike a Badger, having a tayle like⟳ a Fox, as good meate as a Lambe; there is one of them in the Tovver.”

“Thus we're presented with[…]a man who has the head of his penis bitten off by a raccoon, then bleeds to death in a forest.”

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