coati
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- noun
- /koʊˈɑːti/
- US
Examples
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Now, did you get the female coati that I asked for?
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That coati is nothing but trouble.
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Did you know that pumpkins make for great enrichment for our active and curious South American coati at the San Francisco Zoo?
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The coati is known for its long snout and distinctive ringed tail.
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While walking in the rainforest, we spotted a coati searching for food among the leaves.
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At the zoo, the playful coati interacted with visitors through the glass of its enclosure.
Synonyms
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A mammal like a raccoon with a long nose and a ringed tail
A Central and South American animal like a raccoon with long nose and tail that eats fruit and insects
A mammal like a raccoon that lives in Central and South America
Compounds
- US
A Central and South American animal like a raccoon with long nose and tail that eats fruit and insects
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word coati comes from a Native South American word and entered English through Portuguese and Spanish. Locals used that name for the animal, so coati still means the long-nosed, ringed-tail mammal that is like a 'raccoon'.