ring-tailed cat

2 definitions found

ring-tailed cat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ring-tailed \Ring"-tailed`\, a. (Zool.)
     Having the tail crossed by conspicuous bands of color.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Ring-tailed cat (Zool.), the cacomixle.
  
     Ring-tailed eagle (Zool.), a young golden eagle.
        [1913 Webster]

ring-tailed cat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ring-tailed cat
      n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the
           southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with
           black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle,
           cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring- tailed cat
           , civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus
           ]