| cocoon | (noun) silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs | - |
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| (verb) wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection | - |
| (verb) retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment | - |
| cocooning | (noun) retreating to the seclusion of your home (as for privacy or escape) | - |
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| coon | (noun) North American raccoon | Synonyms: common raccoon, common racoon, Procyon lotor, ringtail |
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| (noun) an eccentric or undignified rustic | - |
| coondog | (noun) any dog trained to hunt raccoons | - |
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| coonhound | (noun) any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons | - |
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| coonskin | (noun) a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back | Synonyms: coonskin cap |
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| coontie | (noun) small tough woody zamia of Florida and West Indies and Cuba; roots and half-buried stems yield an arrowroot | Synonyms: Florida arrowroot, Seminole bread, Zamia pumila |
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| puccoon | (noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | Synonyms: bloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort |
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| (noun) perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment | Synonyms: Lithospermum caroliniense |
| raccoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: racoon |
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| (noun) the fur of the North American racoon | - |
| racoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: raccoon |
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| tycoon | (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive |
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