tejón

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Spanish

European badger (Meles meles)
American badger (Taxidea taxus)
white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
raccoon (Procyon lotor)
northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.))
kinkajou (Potos flavus(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.))

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish [Term?], from Late Latin taxō, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Compare German Dachs and Dutch das.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /teˈxon/ [t̪eˈxõn]
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

tejón m (plural tejones)

  1. European badger (Meles meles)
    Synonyms: tasugo, tejón común, tejón eurasiático, tejón europeo
  2. American badger (Taxidea taxus)
    Synonyms: bacher, juín, perro juín, puerco juín, tejón americano, tejón norteamericano, tlalcoyote
  3. (Mexico) white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
    Synonyms: antón, coatí, coatí de nariz blanca, coati pizote, chico, chico-ataj, chiic, choluga, pizote, puerco espín de la tierra, tejón mexicano, tejón pizote
  4. (Tabasco, Chihuahua) raccoon (Procyon lotor)
    Synonyms: chico, culú, lavador, mapache, mapachín, maxtlatón, osito lavador, oso lavandero, ratón lavandero, tejón solitario, tlamatón
  5. (Costa Rica) northern tamandua (Tamandua mexicana(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.))
    Synonyms: atzcacoyote, brazo fuerte, chupamiel, colmenero, hormiguero, hormiguero aborícola, hormiguero de collar, hormiguero mexicano, ñanadata, oso colmenero, oso hormiguero, oso melero
  6. kinkajou (Potos flavus(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{taxlink}} with {{taxfmt}} if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.))
    Synonyms: bibana, colapinta, cusumbé, godoy, hormiguero, kinkajú, marta, martes, martica, martilla, martucha, mico de noche, micoleón, micuño, oso de Michoacán, oso melero, tancho

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: texu

References

Etymology 2

tejo (“tile, plate”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix)

Noun

tejón m (plural tejones)

  1. a gold plate or ingot
    Synonym: tejo
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