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noun
Any of species Bassariscus sumichrasti or other arboreal relatives of racoons and other procyonids.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bassarisk, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: procyonid
History
Borrowed from Spanish cacomixtle, itself borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlahcomiztli.
Across languages
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