rac·coon
 raccoon
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- pronunciation:
- rae
kun
[or]
r
kun
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
raccoon, raccoons |
| definition: |
A raccoon is an animal with brown and gray fur, and it has black rings around its tail. Raccoons have a pointed face with black marks that look like a mask around its eyes. A raccoon is a small animal, but it's usually bigger than a large cat.
When we were camping, we heard a noise in the middle of the night. It was a raccoon trying to get our food.
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Raccoon comes from
arahkun, an Algonquin word that means "he scratches with his hands."