There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
RINGTAIL
ringtail
(noun) an immature golden eagle
capuchin, ringtail, Cebus capucinus
(noun) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk’s cowl
bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus
(noun) raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ringtail (plural ringtail or ringtails)
A ring-tailed animal, notably
The cacomistle, a small carnivorous mammal, Bassariscus astutus, somewhat like a raccoon, native to the southwestern United States
The capuchin monkey
The ring-tailed lemur
The raccoon
The ringtail possum, native to eastern Australia
(nautical) A ringsail.
Anagrams
• Tringali, antigirl, trailing, trialing
Source: Wiktionary
Ring"tail`, n.
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail. Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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