conepatl
conepatl noun: a kind of skunk.
Noun
conepatl (plural not attested)
- A kind of skunk.
- Sunt & alia duo huius Vulpeculæ genera, eadem penè forma, & natura. quorum alterum Yzquiepatl vocatum, faſcijs multis candentibus diſtinguitur; alterum verò, Conepatl, ſeu Vulpecula puerilis, vnica tantum vtrinq; ducta, perq; caudam ipſam eodem modo delata.[1651, Francisco Hernández, Rerum medicarum Novae Hispaniae thesaurus, seu plantarum animalium mineralium Mexicanorum historia, Romae: Ex typographeio Vitalis Mascardi, page 332
- Travellers affirm, that there are two other kinds of this animal, one of which has the ſame name as the former [sc. Uzquiepatl^([sic])], and is diſtinguiſhed by many white ſtripes; but the other, called CONEPATL, has only one ſtripe on each ſide, which runs to the tail.1763, R. Brookes, A New and Accurate System of Natural History, volume 1, London: Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, page 245
Origin of conepatl
Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl conēepatl.
Questions about conepatl
- What does conepatl mean?
- Conepatl means a kind of skunk.
- What part of speech is conepatl?
- Conepatl is a noun.
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