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
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 ■[mass noun]the fur of the raccoon 浣熊毛皮
语源
early 17th cent.: from Virginia Algonquian aroughcun