cacomistle

Noun

cac=o=mis=tle

WORDNET DICTIONARY

cacomistle(n = noun.animal) bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail - raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings; Array

is a kind of procyonid

is a member of bassariscus, genus bassariscus

cacomistle, n. any racoon-like animal of several species of the genus Bassariscus, native to Central America, having a dark-ringed tail.

Etymology

Amer. Sp. cacomixtle f. Nahuatl tlacomiztli

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