coon

coon
    n 1: an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon
         when the battle starts"
    2: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person;
       "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: {nigger},
       {nigga}, {spade}, {coon}, {jigaboo}, {nigra}]
    3: North American raccoon [syn: {common raccoon}, {common
       racoon}, {coon}, {ringtail}, {Procyon lotor}]
    

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

   {Raccoon fox} (Zool.), the cacomixle.
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Coon \Coon\ (k[=oo]n), n. (Zool.)
   A raccoon. See {Raccoon}.
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