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# raccoon

«raccoon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a grey furry animal from North America with a black…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a raccoon, raccoons)

### meaning for a pupil

A raccoon is a grey furry animal from North America with a black "mask" across its eyes and a bushy striped tail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in science and nature: raccoons are omnivores and nocturnal (active at night); they often wash or feel food with their front paws. In everyday life in the USA and Canada, raccoons raid rubbish bins. Safety: do not touch or feed wild raccoons; they can bite and carry disease.

### examples

- A raccoon tipped over our bin last night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/#x1)
- Raccoons have black masks and striped tails. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/#x2)
- Raccoons are nocturnal, so they come out at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/#x3)
- Do not try to pet a wild raccoon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/#x4)
- The raccoon used its paws like hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/#x5)
- Raccoons eat fruit, insects, eggs and food scraps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/#x6)
- We saw raccoon tracks in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/#x7)
- De raccoon totes a bushy tail, De 'possum totes no ha'r, Mr. Rabbit, he come skippin' by, He ain't got none ter spar'. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/#x8)

### note

Countable. Also spelled "racoon" in British English. Young raccoons are called kits. Raccoons are wild animals, not pets in most places.

### In the corpora

- [A raccoon dipping food in water is feeling it, not washing it; water makes its paws even more sensitive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/6/)
- [The black mask round a raccoon's eyes may reduce glare and help it see at night, though scientists are not completely sure.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/7/)
- [Raccoons are common in North American cities like Toronto, where they raid bins and nest in attics and chimneys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/8/)
- [Raccoons were brought to Europe and some escaped; now they live wild in Germany and are spreading to nearby countries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/9/)
- [A raccoon, an opossum and a skunk each have four legs, one tail and a coat of fur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «raccoon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raccoon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.