raccoons
- 1Plural of raccoon.
A family of raccoons had made their den under the porch.
Wildlife officials warned that raccoons in the area might carry rabies.
Note
A regular plural, made with a plain -s and no change to the stem. Its reach depends on the speaker: in everyday talk it means common raccoons, Procyon lotor, while zoological usage can stretch it to the whole genus Procyon or to every procyonid. Applying it to look-alikes such as raccoon dogs is a broad use that careful writers avoid, since the resemblance is only superficial.
raccoons is a form of raccoon
raccoon, noun: An omnivorous, nocturnal mammal native to the Americas, with a mix of gray, brown, and black fur, a mask-like marking around the eyes, and a striped tail. Full entry
- Forms
- raccoonraccoons plural
- Spelling
- raccoon → raccoons: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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