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Definition of raccoon : A North American nocturnal carnivore ( Procyon lotor) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full tail, banded with black and gray. Its body is gray, varied with black and white. Called also coon, and mapach.

Synonyms:

cottontail, camelhair, racoon, felt, bearskin, coon, armadillo, coonskin, angora, cashmere

fox, hippopotamus, camel, cavy, ibex, donkey, llama, hamster, hare, opossum, antelope, wolf, sheep, echidna, rhinoceros, mouse, koala, dog, hog, mole, squirrel, rabbit, horse, dingo, burro, hyena, wallaby, ox, coyote, elephant, caribou, ocelot, lion, leopard, gazelle, mink, cow, possum, platypus, moose, arctic fox, cat, otter, zebra, jaguar, panther, weasel, lynx, giraffe, gopher, polecat, stag, camelopard, bobcat, ermine, panda, mule, deer, chipmunk, bison, alpaca, goat, cheetah, wombat, sable, yak, kangaroo, puma, buffalo, swine, stoat, marmot, shrew, skunk, cougar, ferret, hedgehog, porcupine, beaver, gnu, bear, tiger, dromedary, sloth, pig, mongoose, chinchilla, jackal, reindeer, rat, lemming, elk, ass

Usage examples:

• He suggested the attempt to perform an operation on the somnolent raccoon by removing, under the influence of the drug, an internal growth, which was considered the probable cause of his illness. - "Hilda Wade A Woman With Tenacity Of Purpose", Grant Allen.
• They all went up the river to Raccoon Creek on the Jersey side, about fifteen miles below the present site of Philadelphia, and lived at first among the Swedes, who had been in that part of Jersey for some years and who took care of the new arrivals in their barns and sheds. - "The Quaker Colonies A Chronicle of the Proprietors of the Delaware, Volume 8 in The Chronicles Of America Series", Sydney G. Fisher.
• I am rather of opinion with some of the natives, that he has been turned away by them for his own misdeeds; but I know not if this will equally apply to the raccoon, the only other animal, I believe, concerning whom the same habit is recorded. - "Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals", R. Lee.