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See also: coatí
English
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Etymology
From Spanish coatí, from Portuguese quati, coati, from Old Tupi kua'ti, from cua (“belt”) + tim (“nose”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəʊˈɑːti/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /koʊˈɑti/
- Rhymes: -ɑːti
Noun
coati (plural coatis)
- Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.
- 1974, Bil Gilbert, “Chulo”, in Backpacker, page 89:
- Prospectors and cowpunchers who see the animals most often, sometimes call them Mexican monkeys. Others believe the coati to be a peculiar kind of arboreal anteater. More generally in this region, coatis are called “chulo bears” or simply “chulos,” and will be so referred to hereafter.
- 2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Coati: International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Chickaree - crabs, page 478:
- The coatis are four small, carnivorous mammals related to the raccoon, red panda and ringtail, or cacomistle. They range in size from 15 inches (38 cm) in the mountain coati, Nasuella olivacca, to 16-26 inches (41-67 cm) long in the three species Nasua nasua, N. nelsoni and N. narica.
- 2004, Hope B. Werness, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art, page 88:
- Above: Maya effigy vessel depicting a red coati or opposum with some anthropomorphic traits.
Synonyms
- (nonstandard) Brazilian aardvark
Derived terms
- brown coati (Nasua narica)
- Cozumel Island coati (Nasua narica nelsoni)
- island coati (Nasua narica nelsoni)
- mountain coati (Nasuella spp.)
- ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)
- South American coati (Nasua nasua)
- white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
Related terms
Translations
any of several animals of the genus Nasua
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish coatí, from Portuguese quati, coati, from Old Tupi kua'ti, from cua (“belt”) + tim (“nose”).
Pronunciation
Noun
coati m (plural coatis)
Further reading
- “coati”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: co‧a‧ti
Noun
coati m (plural coatis)
- Alternative form of quati
Venetian
Noun
coati
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