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cacomistle definition

☆ caco·mistle (kak′ə 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)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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