/ kəʊˈɑːti; NAmE koʊ-/ (also co·ati·mundi / kəʊˌɑːtiˈmʌndi; NAmE koʊ-/) noun
a small animal with a long nose and a long tail with lines across it, which lives mainly in Central and S America
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Spanish and Portuguese , from Tupi kua'ti , from cua belt + tim nose.