Kinkajou

//ˈkɪŋkəˌd͡ʒuː// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.
  2. 2
    a kind of gray-brown lemur (Perodicticus potto) wordnet
  3. 3
    arboreal fruit-eating mammal of tropical America with a long prehensile tail wordnet

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honey bearpottoanimalantelopearmadillobat

Example

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"Is the animal a kinkajou or a raccoon?"

Etymology

From French quincajou, from an Algonquian word, probably originally meaning ‘wolverine’ (compare Algonquin Kwingwaage, Ojibwe gwiingwa'aage (“wolverine”)), which was later transferred to the South American animal. Related to carcajou.

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central americasouth america

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