Ringtail

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ring-tailed animal, notably:; Any of the two extant small nocturnal mammals in the genus Bassariscus, somewhat like raccoons, native to the southwestern United States and Central America.; A North American ringtail, Bassariscus astutus
  2. 2
    an immature golden eagle wordnet
  3. 3
    A ring-tailed animal, notably:; Any of the two extant small nocturnal mammals in the genus Bassariscus, somewhat like raccoons, native to the southwestern United States and Central America.; A cacomistle, Bassariscus sumichrasti
  4. 4
    monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl wordnet
  5. 5
    A ring-tailed animal, notably:; A capuchin monkey (Cebus spp.)
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  1. 6
    North American raccoon wordnet
  2. 7
    A ring-tailed animal, notably:; A ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
  3. 8
    raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings wordnet
  4. 9
    A ring-tailed animal, notably:; A raccoon (Procyon spp, especially Procyon lotor)
  5. 10
    A ring-tailed animal, notably:; A ringtail possum (family Pseudocheiridae)
  6. 11
    A ring-tailed animal, notably:; Any of various damselflies of the genus Austrolestes, of Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific islands
  7. 12
    A ringsail.
  8. 13
    A ring-in. Australia, slang

Etymology

From ring + tail.

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