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☆ 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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