Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

    Nasenbär

    коа́тиkoáti, носу́хаnosúxa

More definitions
  • omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America

Translations

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Русский
By meaning 1
any of several animals of the genus Nasua:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any of several animals of the genus Nasua:

Origin

From Spanish coatí, from Portuguese quati, coati, from Old Tupi kua'ti, from cua (“belt”)

From Spanish coatí, from Portuguese quati, coati, from Old Tupi kua'ti, from cua (“belt”) + tim (“nose”).

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Forms

plural: coatis

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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