coati
/koh-ah-tee/US // koʊˈɑ ti //UK // (kəʊˈɑːtɪ) //
浣熊,浣熊座,浣熊熊
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural co·a·tis.
- : a diurnal omnivore related to the raccoon, having an elongated body, a long, ringed, nonprehensile tail, and a slender, flexible snout: the two genera are Nasua, found in the southwestern U.S. and southward to Uruguay, and Nasuella, the mountain coatis of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador.
Examples
They call this boy the Coati, His name is strange, and so is he.
He came down a sadder and a better coati, and retired with shame and fear to an outer corner.
Mr. Bates says that salt is put on the tongue of the coati as a restorative from the stupor induced by the wourari poison.
The coati is about a yard in length, nearly half of which belongs to the tail.
And it descends the trunks of trees head first, just as the coati does.
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