raccoon

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

raccoon
    n 1: the fur of the North American racoon
    2: an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and
       Central America [syn: {raccoon}, {racoon}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Raccoon \Rac*coon"\ (r[a^]k*k[=oo]n"), n. [F. raton, prop., a
   little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See
   {Rat}.] (Zool.)
   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}.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Raccoon dog} (Zool.), the tanate.

   {Raccoon fox} (Zool.), the cacomixle.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "raccoon":
      Cape polecat, ape, bar, bear, cavy, chimp, chimpanzee, coon,
      ferret, foumart, glutton, groundhog, guinea pig, hedgehog, monk,
      monkey, mousehound, opossum, polecat, porcupine, possum,
      prairie dog, quill pig, skunk, weasel, whistle-pig, wolverine,
      woodchuck, zoril