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coati

[ koh-ah-tee ]

noun

, plural co·a·tis.
  1. 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

/ kəʊˈɑːtɪ; kəʊˌɑːtɪˈmʌndɪ /

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of coati1

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

Origin of coati1

C17: from Portuguese coatì, from Tupi, literally: belt-nosed, from cua belt + tim nose
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Example Sentences

They call this boy the Coati, His name is strange, and so is he.

He came down a sadder and a better coati, and retired with shame and fear to an outer corner.

Mr. Bates says that salt is put on the tongue of the coati as a restorative from the stupor induced by the wourari poison.

The coati is about a yard in length, nearly half of which belongs to the tail.

And it descends the trunks of trees head first, just as the coati does.

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