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Meaning of Raccoon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ɹəˈkuːn

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.

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca xəz
Bosanski rakun ракун
Català os rentador
Čeština mýval mývalí
Dansk vaskebjørn
Deutsch Schupp waschbar
Ελληνικά ρακούν
Eesti pesukaru
Gàidhlig mathan-nighe
Galego mapache
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi lakuna
Hrvatski rakun ракун
Magyar mosómedve
Հայերեն ջրարջ
Bahasa Indonesia rakun
Íslenska þvottabjörn
ქართული ენოტი
Қазақша жанат
Latina Procyon
Lëtzebuergesch Wäschbier
Македонски ракун
Nederlands wasbeer
Polski szop szop pracz
Português guaxinim
Slovenščina rakun
Српски rakun ракун
Tagalog mapatse
Türkçe rakun
Українська єнот раку́н
Tiếng Việt gấu mèo

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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