Definition of Common raccoon

1. Noun. North American raccoon.

Exact synonyms: Common Racoon, Coon, Procyon Lotor, Ringtail
Generic synonyms: Raccoon, Racoon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Raccoon

common person
common pitcher plant
common plantain
common plantar digital artery
common plantar digital nerves
common plum
common polypody
common pond-skater
common privet
common purpose
common purposes
common purse
common purslane
common quail
common quails
common raccoon (current term)
common racoon
common ragweed
common rat
common rats
common raven
common redstart
common reed
common ringlet
common ringlets
common room
common rooms
common rorqual
common rose mallow
common roundworm

Literary usage of Common raccoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Winston's Cumulative Loose-leaf Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Workedited by Thomas Edward Finegan edited by Thomas Edward Finegan (1922)
"Racoon or RACCOON (ra-kon'), an ' American plantigrade carnivorous mammal, the common raccoon being the ..."

2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The common raccoon, P. lotor, Storr., of the United States, is less than two feet long to the tail, which is about a foot; the general color light gray, ..."

3. Winston's Cumulative ... Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Reference Bookby Charles Morris by Charles Morris (1918)
"... American plantigrade carnivorous mammal, the common raccoon being the Procyon lotor. It is about the size of a small fox, and its grayish-brown fur is ..."

4. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"The common raccoon is as large as a small dog or fox, and is brownish-gray, with black or brown markings. It has a sharp nose, a bushy tail, ..."

5. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1892)
"Des Moines, common; Raccoon River, Walnut and Beaver creeks, Perry, rare; ... Fort Dodge, abundant; Estherville, common; Raccoon River, not common; ..."

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