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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

/ ˈkɪŋkəˌdʒuː /

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)
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of kinkajou1

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 Ojibwe kwi˙nkwaʔa˙ke˙ a cognate word; carcajou
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kinkajou1

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

That explains the popularity of exotics like the kinkajou, which looks like a furry human baby, even though it’s closely related to raccoons than to primates.

They much resemble the kinkajou in external appearance, but the skull and teeth are more like those of Procyon and Nasua.

It is also known as the aswail and the honey-bear, the last name being also given to the Malay bear and the kinkajou.

The Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of Demerara belongs to this family.

This disposition of the generative parts is still further modified in a few animals, such as the Rat and the Kinkajou.

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