See also: Tejon

Spanish edit

 
European badger (Meles meles)
 
American badger (Taxidea taxus)
 
white-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
 
raccoon (Procyon lotor)
 
northern tamandua (species)
 
kinkajou (Potos flavus)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /teˈxon/ [t̪eˈxõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: te‧jón

Etymology 1 edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

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)
    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)
    Synonyms: bibana, colapinta, cusumbé, godoy, hormiguero, kinkajú, marta, martes, martica, martilla, martucha, mico de noche, micoleón, micuño, oso de Michoacán, oso melero, tancho
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Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Tetelcingo Nahuatl: texu

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

From tejo (tile, plate) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix).

Noun edit

tejón m (plural tejones)

  1. a gold plate or ingot
    Synonym: tejo

Further reading edit