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cacomistle

cacomistle noun: any member of the species Bassariscus sumichrasti, an arboreal relative of the racoon (and other procyonids).

cacomistle: any member of the species Bassariscus sumichrasti, an arboreal relative of the racoon (and other...
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Noun

cacomistle (plural cacomistles)

  1. Any member of the species Bassariscus sumichrasti, an arboreal relative of the racoon (and other procyonids).

Forms of cacomistle

pluralcacomistles
alternative formcacomixtle

Origin of cacomistle

Borrowed from Spanish cacomixtle, itself borrowed from Classical Nahuatl tlahcomiztli.

Questions about cacomistle

What does cacomistle mean?
Cacomistle means any member of the species Bassariscus sumichrasti, an arboreal relative of the racoon (and other procyonids).
What part of speech is cacomistle?
Cacomistle is a noun.
What is the plural of cacomistle?
The plural of cacomistle is cacomistles.

Words near cacomistle in the dictionary

  1. cacomagical
  2. cacomagician
  3. cacomagicians
  4. cacomelia
  5. cacomelias
  6. cacomistle
  7. cacomistles
  8. cacomixl
  9. cacomixle
  10. cacomixles
  11. cacomixls

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