coatis

Variant of coati

coati definition

coa·ti (kō ät′ē)

noun pl. coatis -·tis

any of a genus (Nasua) of small, tree-dwelling, raccoonlike carnivores with a long, flexible snout, found in Mexico and Central and South America

Etymology: Tupí < cua, a cincture + tim, the nose: so called from appearance of its snout

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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