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coati

/kəʊˈɑːti/US/koʊˈɑti/

coati noun: any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern United States to northern Argentina.

coati: any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern...
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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
    • The coatis are four small, carnivorous mammals related to the raccoon, red panda and ringtail, or cacomistle. They range in size from 15 inches (38 cm) in the mountain coati, Nasuella olivacca, to 16-26 inches (41-67 cm) long in the three species Nasua nasua, N. nelsoni and N. narica.2002, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, Coati: International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Chickaree - crabs, page 478

coati meaning in Tamil and Thai

coati in Tamil

இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும்

coati in Thai

any of several animals of the genus Nasua
โคอาที

Synonyms of coati

Forms of coati

pluralcoatis
alternative form (archaic)coaiti

Origin of coati

From Spanish coatí, from Portuguese quati, coati, from Old Tupi kua'ti, from cua (“belt”) + tim (“nose”).

Words formed from coati

Words that rhyme with coati

Questions about coati

What does coati mean?
Coati means any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from the southern United States to northern Argentina.
What is coati in Tamil?
Coati in Tamil is இதுவும் ஒரு சிற்றினம் ஆகும். See Coati meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coati?
Coati is a noun.
How do you pronounce coati?
Coati is pronounced /kəʊˈɑːti/ (UK).
What is the plural of coati?
The plural of coati is coatis.

Words near coati in the dictionary

  1. coathing
  2. coathook
  3. coathooks
  4. coaths
  5. Coathup
  6. coati
  7. Coaticook
  8. coatigan
  9. coatigans
  10. coatimondi
  11. coatimondis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coati (page history and authors); coati (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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