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RINGTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ringtail mean? 

RINGTAIL (noun)
  The noun RINGTAIL has 4 senses:

1. raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white ringsplay

2. North American raccoonplay

3. monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowlplay

4. an immature golden eagleplay

  Familiarity information: RINGTAIL used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


RINGTAIL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bassariscus astutus; bassarisk; cacomistle; cacomixle; civet cat; coon cat; miner's cat; raccoon fox; ring-tailed cat; ringtail

Hypernyms ("ringtail" is a kind of...):

procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)

Holonyms ("ringtail" is a member of...):

Bassariscus; genus Bassariscus (cacomistles)


Sense 2

Meaning:

North American raccoon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

common raccoon; common racoon; coon; Procyon lotor; ringtail

Hypernyms ("ringtail" is a kind of...):

raccoon; racoon (an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

capuchin; Cebus capucinus; ringtail

Hypernyms ("ringtail" is a kind of...):

New World monkey; platyrrhine; platyrrhinian (hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails)

Holonyms ("ringtail" is a member of...):

Cebus; genus Cebus (type genus of the Cebidae)


Sense 4

Meaning:

An immature golden eagle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("ringtail" is a kind of...):

Aquila chrysaetos; golden eagle (large eagle of mountainous regions of the northern hemisphere having a golden-brown head and neck)


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