Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Tejon
User Submitted Origins
French
22%
English
22%
Indian (Sanskrit)
22%
Native American
11%
Jamaican
11%
Latin
11%
International Interest
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Wiktionary
From Old Spanish [Term?], from Late Latin taxō, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Compare German Dachs and Dutch das.
- European badger (Meles meles)
- Synonyms: tasugo, tejón común, tejón eurasiático, tejón europeo
- American badger (Taxidea taxus)
- Synonyms: bacher, juín, perro juín, puerco juín, tejón americano, tejón norteamericano, tlalcoyote
- (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
- (Tabasco, Chihuahua) raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- Synonyms: chico, culú, lavador, mapache, mapachín, maxtlatón, osito lavador, oso lavandero, ratón lavandero, tejón solitario, tlamatón
- (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
- 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
tejo (“tile, plate”) + -ón (augmentative suffix)
- a gold plate or ingot
- Synonym: tejo