tejón

Spanish

noun
Definitions
  • European badger (Meles meles)
  • American badger ()
  • (Mexico) white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
  • (Tabasco) raccoon (Procyon lotor)
  • (Costa Rica) (Tamandua mexicana)
  • kinkajou (Potos flavus)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin taxō (I handle, estimate, touch sharply, judge, appraise) derived from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (badger).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*þahsuz

Gloss

badger

Concept
Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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