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kinkajou

/king-kuh-joo/US // ˈkɪŋ kəˌdʒu //UK // (ˈkɪŋkəˌdʒuː) //

锦江区

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small, brownish, arboreal mammal, Potos flavus, of Central and South American rainforests, having a prehensile tail and extrudable tongue, related to raccoons and coatis: although kinkajous are sometimes mistaken for similarly featured ferrets, they are not related.

Examples

  • That explains the popularity of exotics like the kinkajou, which looks like a furry human baby, even though it’s closely related to raccoons than to primates.

  • They much resemble the kinkajou in external appearance, but the skull and teeth are more like those of Procyon and Nasua.

  • It is also known as the aswail and the honey-bear, the last name being also given to the Malay bear and the kinkajou.

  • The Kinkajou (Cercoleptes caudivolvulus) of Demerara belongs to this family.

  • This disposition of the generative parts is still further modified in a few animals, such as the Rat and the Kinkajou.