babacoote

noun

ba·​ba·​coo·​te

ˌbäbəˈkütē

variants or less commonly babakoto

-kōt(ˌ)ō

plural -s

: a large Madagascan short-tailed lemur (Indri indri)

Word History

Etymology

Malagasy babakoto

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

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