Word for "Raccoon-like" or "Raccoon-esque"?

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I am looking for a word like lupine only for raccoons. Is there a word that means “raccoon-like” or “raccoon-esque”?

Andrew Leach · Accepted Answer

ODO on raccoon

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

Procyonide, procyonic, procyonine perhaps. There must be a rule for forming an adjective from a Greek noun ending -ον.

Wayfaring Stranger · Answer

By analogy to wolves(species), the word would be lotorine. However, that term does not occur on the web; although there is a pun about a coon being arrested for 'lotoring'.

Jay · Answer

Are you looking for a technical term or something that would be understood in normal conversation? If the former ... I don't know of any, and couldn't find one with an (admittedly brief) search. If the latter, you can find the word "racoonish" used frequently.

Answered by Jay on January 17, 2021

Kristina Lopez · Answer

Though your request was for a word, since there does not seem to be one that is readily understood, how about one of these phrase-structures "...of a raccoon" or "racoon-like..." instead?

Examples:

It had the nimble dexterity of a racoon
  It lumbered by with a distinct racoon-like gait
  The bandit's mask gave him a comical racoon-like appearance

Word for "Raccoon-like" or "Raccoon-esque"?

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