raccoon
/rəˈkuːn/(亦作racoon)
noun
1- a greyish-brown American mammal which has a foxlike face with a black mask, a ringed tail, and the habit of washing its food in water浣熊。
1.1
- Genus Procyon, family Procyonidae (the raccoon family): two species, in particular the common raccoon (P. lotor), which often occurs in urban areas in North America. The raccoon family also includes the coati, kinkajou, cacomistle, and olingo.浣熊属, 浣熊科：2种, 尤指常出没于北美市镇的普通浣熊（拉丁名P. lotor）。浣熊科还包括南美浣熊、蜜熊、蓬尾浣熊和犬浣熊。
1.2
- mass noun the fur of the raccoon浣熊毛皮。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian aroughcun.