tejón

== Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /teˈxon/ [t̪eˈxõn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: te‧jón === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Spanish texón, from Late Latin taxonem, from a Germanic language, from Frankish *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz. Compare German Dachs and Dutch das. ==== Alternative forms ==== texon (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== tejón m (plural tejones) 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 ===== Hyponyms ===== (gregarious (female or immature male) white-nosed coati): manadero, tejón de manada, tejón manadero (solitary (adult male) white-nosed coati): gato solo, pizote solo, solitario, tejón solo, tejón solitario ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: texu ==== References ==== Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988), A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna‎[1], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 595 === Etymology 2 === From tejo (“tile, plate”) +‎ -ón (augmentative suffix). ==== Noun ==== tejón m (plural tejones) a gold plate or ingot Synonym: tejo === Further reading === “tejón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025