raccoon
/ɹæˈkun/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
The common raccoon (Procyon lotor).
noun
Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
noun
Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog.
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Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: ärähkun
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹæˈkun/
- British English: /ɹəˈkuːn/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
coon dog
Cozumel raccoon
crab-eating raccoon
Finn raccoon
in a raccoon's age
in a coon's age
pygmy raccoon
raccoon-berry