NOUN | animal | viverrine mammal, viverrine | small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World |
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Meaning | small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World. | |
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Synonym | viverrine | |
Member of | Viverridae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae | genets |
Narrower | civet, civet cat | Cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes |
fossa, fossa cat, Cryptoprocta ferox | largest carnivore of Madagascar / Madagascar | |
genet, Genetta genetta | agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail | |
meerkat, mierkat | A mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes | |
mongoose | agile grizzled Old World viverrine | |
Broader | carnivore | A terrestrial / terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal |
Spanish | vivérrido | |
Catalan | vivèrrid |
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