单词 | coati |
释义 | coatin. An American plantigrade carnivorous mammal of the genus Nasua (family Ursidæ), somewhat resembling the Civet and the Racoon, with a remarkably elongated flexible snout. There are two species or sub-species; the Brazilian coati, Nasua rufa, to which the name originally belongs, and the Mexican or brown coati N. narica. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Procyonidae (raccoons) > [noun] > genus Nasua (coati) coati1676 coati-mondi1676 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 596 This Coati of our Authors. 1790 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds 235 The Coati or Brazilian Weasel. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xv. 39 The coati..set up their sharp, quick bark. 1866 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. II. 501 In the Coati, the olfactory chamber..extends above the whole rhinencephalic fossæ. Derivatives coati-mondi n. [Said to be < mondi in a Brazilian language ‘solitary’.] = main sense. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Procyonidae (raccoons) > [noun] > genus Nasua (coati) coati1676 coati-mondi1676 1676 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 596 The Coati Mondi, a Brasilian Animal. 1724 G. Mackenzie Coati Mondi in Philos. Trans. 1722–3 (Royal Soc.) 32 317 The Coati Mondi of Brasil is seldom or never brought alive into Europe. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 336 This animal [sc. Coatimondi] is very subject to eat its own tail..this strange habit is not peculiar to the coati. 1840 T. Hood in New Monthly Mag. Aug. 528 Was strict Sir Andrew, in his sabbath coat, Struck all a heap to see a coati mundi? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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