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cacomistle|ˈkækəmɪs(ə)l|
Also cacomixl, etc.
[Amer. Sp. cacomixtle (also used), f. Nahuatl tlacomiztli.]
A raccoon-like animal of the south-western United States and Mexico, Bassariscus astutus.
1869W. H. Flower in Proc. Zool. Soc. 31 The interesting little American Carnivore the Bassaris... The animal was mentioned by Hernandez under the name of Tepe-Maxtlaton or Cacamitztli, meaning..the ‘Rush-Cat’. 1889Cent. Dict., Cacomixl. 1931News Chron. 12 Feb. 7/2 (caption) With the paws of a cat, the face of a fox and a ringed tail. A cacomixtle, the nocturnal prowler of the Mexican desert. 1958Ryhiner & Mannix Wildest Game (1959) xvii. 302, I managed to pick up some cacomistles, or ring-tailed cats, in the Southwest. |