Racoon Small 320×216 Medium 640×433 Large 1024×692 Download Tiff Original 2400×1623 | (1.7 MB) Description An animal about two feet long, stout body, bushy ringed tail, short limbs, pointed ears, broad face, and sharp snout. Usually washes its food before eating it. Keywords coon, Raccoon Galleries Mammals: R Source: William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: An encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1889)