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noun

Etymology: From arocoun (1608), from Powhatan ärähkun, from ärähkuněm (“he scratches with his hands”).

1. An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, of the genus Procyon, typically with a mixture of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes and a striped tail.
2. The common raccoon (Procyon lotor).

   “Before a fire upon a seat like a bedsted, he sat covered with a great robe, made of Rarowcun skinnes, and all the tayles hanging by.”

   “The Rackoone is a deepe furred beaſt, not much unlike a Badger, having a tayle like a Fox, as good meate as a Lambe; there is one of them in the Tovver.”

3. Any mammal of the subfamily Procyoninae, a procyonine.
4. Any mammal of the family Procyonidae, a procyonid.
5. Any mammal superficially resembling a raccoon, such as a raccoon dog.