Definitions for cacomistle
cacomistle
cac·o·mis·tle
Spelling: [kak-uh-mis-uh l]
IPA: /ˈkæk əˌmɪs əl/
Cacomistle is a 10 letter English word.
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You can make 948 anagrams from letters in cacomistle (acceilmost).
Definitions for cacomistle
noun
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Also, cacomixle [kak-uh-mis-uh l, -mik-suh l] /ˈkæk əˌmɪs əl, -ˌmɪk səl/ (Show IPA). Also called bassarisk, ringtail, coon cat. a carnivorous animal, Bassariscus astutus, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., related to the raccoon but smaller, with a sharper snout and longer tail.
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civet cat.
Origin of cacomistle
1865-70, Americanism; Mexican Spanish cacomiztle, cacomixtle Nahuatl tlahcomiztli, equivalent to tlahco- half, middle + miztli cougar
Examples for cacomistle
Sometimes a stuffed recamúchi (cacomistle, bassariscus) is used either in the place of a straw-man or in addition to it.