coendou

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coendou

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

noun coendous · coendoo

A prehensile-tailed tree-dwelling porcupine, of genus Coendou, found in Central and South America.
Similar: prehensile-tailed porcupine, Brazilian porcupine

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Español	puercoespín arborícola
Português	cuandu, ouriço-cacheiro, cuí

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"coendou." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/coendou. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{coendou_2026,
  title = {coendou},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coendou},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}