cacomistle

cacomistle Definition

☆ caco·mistle (kak′ə mis′əl)

noun

a slender, long-tailed, raccoonlike carnivore (Bassariscus astutus) of the SW U.S. and Mexico
its fur

Etymology: AmSp cacomixtle < Nahuatl λaʾkomisλi < λaʾko, half + mis-λi, cougar

Also cacomixle cac′o·mix′le (-mis′əl, -mik′səl)

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