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CIVET CAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
Synonyms:
civet; civet cat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("civet cat" is a kind of...):
viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "civet cat"):
large civet; Viverra zibetha (common civet of India and southeast Asia)
small civet; Viverricula indica; Viverricula malaccensis (a common civet of southeast Asia)
Arctictis bintourong; bearcat; binturong (arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair)
Cryptoprocta; genus Cryptoprocta (large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar)
fanaloka; Fossa fossa (civet of Madagascar)
banded palm civet; Hemigalus hardwickii (an East Indian civet)
palm cat; palm civet (spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies)
Holonyms ("civet cat" is a member of...):
family Viverridae; family Viverrinae; Viverridae; Viverrinae (genets; civets; mongooses)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
Synonyms:
Bassariscus astutus; bassarisk; cacomistle; cacomixle; civet cat; coon cat; miner's cat; raccoon fox; ring-tailed cat; ringtail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("civet cat" is a kind of...):
procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)
Holonyms ("civet cat" is a member of...):
Bassariscus; genus Bassariscus (cacomistles)
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