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olingo
[ oh-ling-goh ]
noun
, plural o·lin·gos.
- any nocturnal, arboreal mammal of the genus Bassaricyon, having large eyes and a long, ringed tail, related to raccoons and coatis, and inhabiting tropical jungles from Nicaragua to Peru and Bolivia: olingos are similar in appearance to the kinkajou, but they lack the kinkajou’s prehensile tail and extrudable tongue.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of olingo1
First recorded in 1915–20; of unexplained origin
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Example Sentences
Its close relative, the olingo, Bassaricyon gabbii, appears to share the same condition (Table 10).
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