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olingo

[ oh-ling-goh ]

noun

, plural o·lin·gos.
  1. any nocturnal, arboreal mammal of the genus Bassaricyon, having large eyes and a long, ringed tail, related to raccoons and coatis, and inhabiting tropical jungles from Nicaragua to Peru and Bolivia: olingos are similar in appearance to the kinkajou, but they lack the kinkajou’s prehensile tail and extrudable tongue.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of olingo1

First recorded in 1915–20; of unexplained origin

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Example Sentences

Its close relative, the olingo, Bassaricyon gabbii, appears to share the same condition (Table 10).

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