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Definition of Coati

1. Noun. Omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America.

Definition of Coati

1. n. A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.

Definition of Coati

1. Noun. Any of several mammals, of the genus ''Nasua'', that live from Southern United States to Northern Argentina. ¹

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Definition of Coati

1. a tropical mammal [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coati

Literary usage of Coati

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Peruvian Antiquities by Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz, Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1855)
"The architecture is inferior to that of the ruins of the edifice more nearly destroyed, in the island of coati, in the same lake ; whether it were a palace ..."

2. Peru Illustrated: Or, Incidents of Travel and Exploration in the Land of the by Ephraim George Squier (1877)
"The Shrine of coati.—Situation and Structure.—Interior Construction.—Curious Apartments.—Court or Corral for the Sacred Llamas and Vicuñas. ..."

3. Natural History of the World: With Anecdotes Illustrating the Nature, Habits edited by Alfred Henry Miles (1895)
"The raccoon belongs to North America, the coati to Central and Southern ... The coati (Nasua nasica) is distinguished from the raccoon by a pointed nose. ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1887)
"... fund ux 07423 Special sinking-rum! ux 2:1,71« A action-tax Criminal prosecutions and coati. Jurors and witnesses refunded.. Railway not returns tax ..."

5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"by President Jefe, -.—/ij— -rt—.-- —.—г-- -т- i—:—î— Certain further amendments to th« coati- By the President : DOCUMENTS. the ninety-third. ..."

6. Animal Memoirs by Samuel Lockwood (1888)
"COUSIN TWO, THE coati- ... Unlike the complete history just given of the raccoon, I can only tell of coati-Mondi as a pet in confinement, for, ..."

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