Etymology

coendou

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Today it means: A prehensile-tailed tree-dwelling porcupine, of genus Coendou, found in Central and South America. Full definition →

taxonomic name Coendou ← Old Tupi kûandu
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  1. Old Tupi · derived fromkûandu
  2. taxonomic name · learned borrowing fromCoendou
  3. English todaycoendou

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Coendou, from Old Tupi kûandu.

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