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tayra

UK/ˈtaɪ.ɹə/ uncommon

noun

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long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America

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Borrowed, via Spanish tayra or Portuguese taira, from Old Tupi eîrara. (Compare Portuguese irara, Spanish irará, eirá, connected to Paraguayan Guarani eíra (“honey”), a food the animal is fond of, whence also Portuguese papa-mel, another vernacular name.)

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