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coaiti

coaiti is the archaic form of coati.

Meaning of coati

Noun

coati (plural coatis)

  1. Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern United States to northern Argentina.
    • Prospectors and cowpunchers who see the animals most often, sometimes call them Mexican monkeys. Others believe the coati to be a peculiar kind of arboreal anteater. More generally in this region, coatis are called “chulo bears” or simply “chulos,” and will be so referred to hereafter.1974, Bil Gilbert, “Chulo”, in Backpacker, page 89

Forms of coaiti

pluralcoaitis

Questions about coaiti

What is coaiti the archaic form of?
Coaiti is the archaic form of coati.

Words near coaiti in the dictionary

  1. Coahuiltecan
  2. Coahuiltecans
  3. Coahuilteco
  4. coaita
  5. coaitas
  6. coaiti
  7. coaitis
  8. coak
  9. coaked
  10. Coakes
  11. coaking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coaiti (page history and authors); coati (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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