coon

Noun
Synonyms: niggerniggaspadejigaboonigracommon raccooncommon racoonringtailProcyon lotor

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  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”Synonyms: niggerniggaspadejigaboonigra
  3. North American raccoonSynonyms: common raccooncommon racoonringtailProcyon lotor
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

Coon \Coon\ (k[=oo]n), n. (Zool.) A raccoon. See Raccoon. [1913 Webster]
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