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cacomistle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ca-comis-tle
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cacomistles (plural) cacomixtle (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

raccoon coati ringtail olingo kinkajou olinguito

Synonyms

bassarisk cacomixle coon cat raccoon fox ringtail ring-tailed cat civet cat miner's cat bassariscus astutus

Questions

What does cacomistle mean?
Any member of the species Bassariscus sumichrasti, an arboreal relative of the racoon (and other procyonids).
Where does cacomistle come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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