coati

/koʊˈɑːti/
noun
  1. A long-snouted, raccoon-like mammal found in Central and South America, with a striped tail and a habit of holding its tail upright.
    • The coati used its long nose to dig for insects in the soil.
    • A coati climbed a tree in the rainforest to look for fruit.
    • We saw a coati sniffing around the campsite for food.
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