Raccoon

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Alternative spelling 1.1.2 Scientific name 1.1.3 Translations

English

Noun

1. Any member of the genus Procyon.
2. Nocturnal omnivore living in Northern America, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, and a striped tail.

Alternative spelling

• racoon

Scientific name

• Procyon lotor

Translations

• Basque: mapatxe
• Cherokee: (vtli)
• Danish: vaskebjørn
• Dutch: wasbeer m
• Finnish: pesukarhu
• French: raton laveur m
• German: Waschbär m
• Lakota: wica
• Latvian: jenots
• Serbo-Croatian: rakun
• Spanish: mapache m
• Swedish: tvättbjörn
• Turkish: rakun
• Japanese: 狸 - tanuki