civet cat | | |
n. (animal) | 1. bassariscus astutus, bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, civet cat, coon cat, miner's cat, raccoon fox, ring-tailed cat, ringtail | raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings. |
| ~ procyonid | plantigrade carnivorous mammals. |
| ~ bassariscus, genus bassariscus | cacomistles. |
n. (animal) | 2. civet, civet cat | cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes. |
| ~ family viverridae, family viverrinae, viverridae, viverrinae | genets; civets; mongooses. |
| ~ viverrine, viverrine mammal | small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World. |
| ~ 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. |
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