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    FAMILY VIVERRIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Genets; civets; mongoosesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Viverridae; family Viverrinae; Viverridae; Viverrinae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Viverridae" is a kind of...):

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Viverridae"):

    viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)

    civet; civet cat (cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes)

    genus Viverra; Viverra (type genus of the family Viverridae)

    genus Viverricula; Viverricula (a genus of Viverridae)

    Arctictis; genus Arctictis (binturongs)

    Cryptoprocta; genus Cryptoprocta (large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar)

    Fossa; genus Fossa (monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets)

    Genetta; genus Genetta (genets)

    genus Hemigalus; Hemigalus (banded palm civets)

    genus Herpestes; Herpestes (mongooses)

    genus Paradoxurus; Paradoxurus (palm civets)

    genus Suricata; Suricata (meerkats)

    Holonyms ("family Viverridae" is a member of...):

    Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)

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