cacomixle

Variant of cacomistle

noun

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

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

Also cacomixle
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