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coon cat

n. (context US English) A Maine Coon

WordNet
coon cat
  1. n. omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America [syn: coati, coati-mondi, coati-mundi, Nasua narica]

  2. raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus]

Usage examples of "coon cat".

Poor Marcel LaPlume, my huge Maine Coon cat, had retreated to the basement storage room after being harĀ­.

He flung the door open and nearly tripped over Marcel, his great shaggy Maine Coon cat.

His ten-kilo Maine Coon cat Marcel LaPlume IX stalked into the room and uttered a faint, high-pitched miaow.

Marcel the Maine Coon cat came out from wherever he'd been hiding during the rumpus and rubbed against Marc's calves.