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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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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