different between coati vs coatimundi

English

Etymology

From Spanish coatí, from Portuguese quati, coati, from Old Tupi kua'ti, from cua (“belt”) + tim (“nose”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?????ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ko???ti/
• Rhymes: -??ti

Noun

coati (plural coatis)

1. Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua or Nasuella, in order Carnivora, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.
   • 1974, Bil Gilbert, "Chulo", Backpacker, page 89,

     Prospectors and cowpunchers who see the animals most often, sometimes call them Mexican monkeys. Others believe the coati to be a peculiar kind of arboreal anteater. More generally in this region, coatis are called “chulo bears” or simply “chulos,” and will be so referred to hereafter.

   • 2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Coati, International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Chickaree - crabs, page 478,

     The coatis are four small, carnivorous mammals related to the raccoon, red panda and ringtail, or cacomistle. They range in size from 15 inches (38 cm) in the mountain coati, Nasuella olivacca, to 16-26 inches (41-67 cm) long in the three species Nasua nasua, N. nelsoni and N. narica.

   • 2004, Hope B. Werness, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Animal Symbolism in Art, page 88,

     Above: Maya effigy vessel depicting a red coati or opposum with some anthropomorphic traits.

Derived terms

• Cozumel Island coati (Nasua narica nelsoni)
• island coati (Nasua narica nelsoni)
• mountain coati (Nasuella spp.)
• ring-tailed coati (Nasua nasua)
• South American coati (Nasua nasua)
• white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)

Related terms

• coatimundi

Translations

Anagrams

• Caito, Ticao, catio

French

Etymology

From Spanish coatí, from Portuguese quati, coati, from Old Tupi kua'ti, from cua (“belt”) + tim (“nose”).

Noun

coati m (plural coatis)

1. coati

Further reading

• “coati” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Noun

coati m (plural coatis)

1. Alternative form of quati

Venetian

Noun

coati

1. plural of coato

English

Alternative forms

• coatimondi

Etymology

Portuguese coatimundi, from Nheengatu kuatimu'ne, from Old Tupi kua'ti (see coati) + mu'ne (“trick, snare”).

Noun

coatimundi (plural coatimundis)

1. The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a South American carnivore.

Translations

Further reading

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• midauction