- a slender, long-tailed, raccoonlike carnivore (Bassariscus astutus) of the SW U.S. and Mexico
- its fur
Origin of cacomistle
American Spanish cacomixtle from Nahuatl ?a?komis?i from ?a?ko, half + mis-?i, cougarAlso cac′o·mix·le
cacomistle
cac·o·mis·tle cacomistle
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cacomistle
noun
- A small arboreal mammal (Bassariscus sumichrasti) of the order Carnivora, inhabiting Mexico and Central America and having a black-banded tail.
- The ringtail.
Origin of cacomistle
American Spanish cacomiztle from Nahuatl tlacomiztli tlaco half, part miztli mountain lionTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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