coon

3 definitions found

coon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

coon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]