RINGTAIL
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 rings
2. North American raccoon
3. monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl
4. an immature golden eagle
Familiarity information: RINGTAIL used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• RINGTAIL (noun)
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:
ring-tailed cat; raccoon fox; miner's cat; civet cat; cacomixle; cacomistle; bassarisk; Bassariscus astutus; ringtail; coon cat
Hypernyms ("ringtail" is a kind of...):
procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)
Holonyms ("ringtail" is a member of...):
Bassariscus; genus Bassariscus (cacomistles)
Meaning:
North American raccoon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
common raccoon; common racoon; Procyon lotor; ringtail; coon
Hypernyms ("ringtail" is a kind of...):
raccoon; racoon (an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America)
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:
Cebus capucinus; capuchin; 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)
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)
