| NOUN | animal | civet, civet cat | cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes |
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| Sounds | sih'vaht | |
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| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| Meaning | Cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes. | |
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| Synonym | civet cat | |
| Member of | Viverridae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae | genets |
| Narrower | Cryptoprocta, genus Cryptoprocta | large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests / forests of Madagascar / Madagascar |
| banded palm civet, Hemigalus hardwickii | An East Indian civet | |
| binturong, bearcat, Arctictis bintourong | arboreal civet of Asia having a long prehensile tail and shaggy black hair | |
| fanaloka, Fossa fossa | civet of Madagascar / Madagascar | |
| large civet, Viverra zibetha | Common civet of India and southeast Asia | |
| palm cat, palm civet | spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies | |
| small civet, Viverricula indica, Viverricula malaccensis | A common civet of southeast Asia | |
| Broader | viverrine, viverrine mammal | small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World |
| Spanish | algalia, civeta, gato de algalia | |
| Catalan | civeta, gat d'algàlia | |
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