*coon*

n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cocon, dim. of coque shell of egge and insects, fr. L. concha mussel shell. See Conch. ] 1. An oblong case in which the silkworm lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa. (b) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs. (c) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A raccoon. See Raccoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupt of conquian. ] A game of cards derived from conquian, played by two or more players with one or two full packs of cards. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. any dog trained to hunt raccoons. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a cap made from the skin of a raccoon, with the tail hanging down the back; -- called also coonskin cap.
Syn. -- coonskin cap. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.) [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Sculp.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoön, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. ] See Pataca. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the American Indian name. ] (Bot.) Any one of several plants yielding a red pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (Lithospermum hirtum, and Lithospermum canescens); also, the pigment itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

‖n. [ From a native name. ] (Zool.) The coypu. [ 1913 Webster ]