kinkajou

[ king-kuh-joo ]

/ ˈkɪŋ kəˌdʒu /

noun

a small, brownish, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South American rainforests, having a prehensile tail and extrudable tongue, related to raccoons and coatis: although kinkajous are sometimes mistaken for similarly featured ferrets, they are not related.

Also called honey bear .

Origin of kinkajou

First recorded in 1790–1800; from French: literally, “wolverine” (misapplied by Buffon to Potos flavus), earlier Canadian French quincajou, perhaps a conflation of carcajou with Ojibwa kwi˙nkwaʔa˙ke˙ a cognate word; cf. carcajou

Words nearby kinkajou

kininogenase, kink, Kinkaid, Kinkaid Act, Kinkaider, kinkajou, kinkle, kinky, kinky-hair disease, Kinnell, kinnikinnick

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Example sentences from the Web for kinkajou

They much resemble the kinkajou in external appearance, but the skull and teeth are more like those of Procyon and Nasua.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4|Various
This disposition of the generative parts is still further modified in a few animals, such as the Rat and the Kinkajou.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
It is also known as the aswail and the honey-bear, the last name being also given to the Malay bear and the kinkajou.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4|Various
The Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of Demerara belongs to this family.
Natural History in Anecdote|Various

British Dictionary definitions for kinkajou

kinkajou

/ (ˈkɪŋkəˌdʒuː) /

noun

Also called: honey bear, potto an arboreal fruit-eating mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South America, with a long prehensile tail: family Procyonidae (raccoons) order Carnivora (carnivores)

Word Origin for kinkajou

C18: from French quincajou, from Algonquian; related to Ojibwa gwĭngwâage wolverine

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单词	kinkajou
释义	kinkajou [ king-kuh-joo ] / ˈkɪŋ kəˌdʒu / noun a small, brownish, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South American rainforests, having a prehensile tail and extrudable tongue, related to raccoons and coatis: although kinkajous are sometimes mistaken for similarly featured ferrets, they are not related. Also called honey bear . Origin of kinkajou First recorded in 1790–1800; from French: literally, “wolverine” (misapplied by Buffon to Potos flavus), earlier Canadian French quincajou, perhaps a conflation of carcajou with Ojibwa kwi˙nkwaʔa˙ke˙ a cognate word; cf. carcajou Words nearby kinkajou kininogenase, kink, Kinkaid, Kinkaid Act, Kinkaider, kinkajou, kinkle, kinky, kinky-hair disease, Kinnell, kinnikinnick Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kinkajou They much resemble the kinkajou in external appearance, but the skull and teeth are more like those of Procyon and Nasua. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4\|Various This disposition of the generative parts is still further modified in a few animals, such as the Rat and the Kinkajou. The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia\|Frank Evers Beddard It is also known as the aswail and the honey-bear, the last name being also given to the Malay bear and the kinkajou. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4\|Various The Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of Demerara belongs to this family. Natural History in Anecdote\|Various British Dictionary definitions for kinkajou kinkajou / (ˈkɪŋkəˌdʒuː) / noun Also called: honey bear, potto an arboreal fruit-eating mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South America, with a long prehensile tail: family Procyonidae (raccoons) order Carnivora (carnivores) Word Origin for kinkajou C18: from French quincajou, from Algonquian; related to Ojibwa gwĭngwâage wolverine Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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