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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread coati #107538 07/13/2003 8:21 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dana had to spend night alone guarding some hides on shore. "The coati (a wild animal of a nature and appearance between that of the fox and the wolf) set up their sharp, quick bark." He obviously didn't see them, or get an accurate description of them. coati n., pl. 3tis 5Tupi < cua, a cincture + tim, the nose: so called from appearance of its snout6 any of a genus (Nasua) of small, tree-dwelling, raccoonlike carnivores with a long, flexible snout, found in Mexico and Central and South America Here's a picture of one: http://www.animaled.com/coati.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coati #107539 07/14/2003 4:22 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Seem to remember we used to call these things coatimundi. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coati #107540 07/14/2003 5:51 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 The coatimundi is said to be the white nosed coati.: http://www.belizezoo.org/zoo/zoo/mammals/coa/coa1.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: coati #107541 07/15/2003 1:39 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Seem to remember we used to call these things coatimundi. the animal pictured in bill's first link is, in fact, labelled coatimundi. -ron Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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