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cacomistle Definition

caco·mistle (kakə mis′əl)

noun

  1. a slender, long-tailed, raccoonlike carnivore (Bassariscus astutus) of the SW U.S. and Mexico
  2. 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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