kinkajou
A kinkajou
Meaning
Noun
- Potos flavus, a carnivorous mammal of Central America and South America with a long, prehensile tail, related to the raccoon.
Origin
- From French quincajou, from an Algonquian word, probably originally meaning ‘wolverine’ (compare Algonquin Kwingwaage, Ojibwe gwiingwa'aage), which was later transferred to the South American animal. Related to carcajou.
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