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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small arboreal mammal (Bassariscus sumichrasti) of the order Carnivora, inhabiting Mexico and Central America and having a black-banded tail.
  • noun The ringtail.

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  • noun Alternative spelling of cacomixl.

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  • noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[American Spanish cacomiztle, from Nahuatl tlacomiztli : tlaco, half, part + miztli, mountain lion.]

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