coati

American

[koh-ah-tee] / koʊˈɑ ti /

noun

a diurnal omnivore related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, a long, ringed, nonprehensile tail, and a slender, flexible snout: the two genera are Nasua, found in the southwestern U.S. and southward to Uruguay, and Nasuella, the mountain coatis of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.

coati British

/ kəʊˈɑːtɪ, kəʊˌɑːtɪˈmʌndɪ /

noun

any omnivorous mammal of the genera Nasua and Nasuella, of Central and South America: family Procyonidae, order Carnivora (carnivores). They are related to but larger than the raccoons, having a long flexible snout and a brindled coat

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noun

coatis

plural

Etymology

Origin of coati

First recorded in 1670–80; from Portuguese, from Tupi, equivalent to cua “belt” + ti, tim “nose”

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COATI, or Coati-Mundi, the native name of the members of the genus Nasua, of the mammalian family Procyonidae.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

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