a raccoon-like animal found mainly in Central and South America, with a long flexible snout and a ringed tail (中南美洲产)南美浣熊。 亦称 coatimundi
Genera Nasua and Nasuella, family Procyonidae: three or four species, in particular Nasua nasua, whose range reaches the southern US 南美浣熊属和长鼻浣熊属,浣熊科:3或4种,尤指南浣熊,其分布区达美国南部
语源
early 17th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese, from Tupi kua'ti, from cua 'belt' + tim 'nose'