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kinkajou

[ king-kuh-joo ]

noun

  1. 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.


kinkajou

/ 藞办瑟艐办蓹藢诲萧耻藧 /

noun

  1. Also calledhoney bearpotto an arboreal fruit-eating mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South America, with a long prehensile tail: family Procyonidae (raccoons) order Carnivora (carnivores)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of kinkajou1

First recorded in 1790鈥1800; from French: literally, 鈥渨olverine鈥 (misapplied by Buffon to Potos flavus ), earlier Canadian French quincajou, perhaps a conflation of carcajou with Ojibwe 办飞颈藱苍办飞补蕯补藱办别藱 a cognate word; carcajou
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of kinkajou1

C18: from French quincajou, from Algonquian; related to Ojibwa 驳飞沫苍驳飞芒补驳别 wolverine
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He kept a kinkajou, a cat-size mammal from the rainforest also known as the honey bear, as well as less cuddly companions鈥攊ncluding a rattlesnake curled up near the door.

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Vivo is not a monkey, but a kinkajou, which is not a primate but in the same family as raccoons.

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First up: this animated family comedy about an adventurous kinkajou who travels from Havana to Miami.

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鈥淚t was not a nice kinkajou. It was super aggressive,鈥 the man鈥檚 girlfriend told The Palm Beach Post.

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The kinkajou bit the 37-year-old man鈥檚 foot and scratched his leg but didn't seriously injure him, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report obtained by Fox News.

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