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  • noun Plural form of coati.

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Examples

  • The world's largest urban forest, Tijuca is home to a host of monkeys, parrots and cute raccoon-like creatures called coatis (cuatis in Portuguese) as well as the Christ statue, perched atop a verdant, 2,300-foot (701-meter) peak.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • I saw tree-nesting sloth, four types of monkeys, parrots, macaws, toucan birds, coatis, agoutis and anteaters within the first day of my visit.

    Devin Galaudet: Waiting to Dance in Costa Rica Devin Galaudet 2010

  • I saw tree-nesting sloth, four types of monkeys, parrots, macaws, toucan birds, coatis, agoutis and anteaters within the first day of my visit.

    Devin Galaudet: Waiting to Dance in Costa Rica Devin Galaudet 2010

  • A group of drunken raccoons and coatis ambled past them.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • Among those who had received the dubious decorations preferred by Jon-Tom's action were a pair of female coatis whose delicacy of shape and flash of eye were matched by the outrage in their voices.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • There are a few coatis in the wild, and you'll occasionally see a kid or two in Chapala with one on a leash.

    Wildlife big & small around Lake Chapala??? 2004

  • The coatis looked like miniature dinosaurs as they sauntered off into the dim light of the forest.

    Archive 2006-12-01 Field Notes 2006

  • The coatis looked like miniature dinosaurs as they sauntered off into the dim light of the forest.

    Belize Navidad Field Notes 2006

  • The zoo made me sad at some point -- some of the animals definitely got shafted with the "low-income housing" -- I remember the skunks, porcupines, raccoons, bandicoots, coatis, etc. were all stuck into one structure with little cubicles.

    kevynwight Diary Entry kevynwight 2003

  • He saw a group of coatis running with their tails in the air and their long noses pointed along the ground.

    House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer 2002

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