racoon

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  1. noun Variant of raccoon.

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  • Okay He looked over at me, his face mask pulled back on his head, his face showing the familiar racoon-eyes from having had the hard rubber press into him for such a time. —  AHMM,July-August2006
  • No doubt you're already imagining these two great explorers, these two grizzled veterans of the wilderness, walking into the President's office dressed in furs and racoon-skin hats. —  F ;SF - vol 101 issue 03 - September 2001
  • They left out any Token jokes or anything else that would hint at racism because the coon was just short for racoon, and it was just a stupid hero name. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • I used to hunt racoon, and I must say that I find two things about your story, Greg Nog, astounding. —  MetaFilter
  • This racoon has been eluding my comments over the last few days even though he is hilarious, I knew you'd be able to handle him. —  The Comics Curmudgeon
 

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/ræˈkun/
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