Civet

Definitions

1. Any of the small carnivorous catlike mammals encompassing certain species from the families Viverridae, Eupleridae, and Nandiniidae, native to tropical Africa and Asia.
   countable, uncountable
2. The musky perfume produced by the animal; civetone.
   uncountable
3. A spotted skunk.
   US, countable, regional, uncountable
4. A ringtail (Bassariscus astutus).
   US, countable, regional, uncountable

Equivalents

27 more languages

Afrikaanssiwetkat

العربيةالكيفت (حيوان ثديي)ّزباد

Catalàalgàliaciveta

Češtinacibetka

Ελληνικάμόσχος

Suomisivettisivettieläinsivettikissa

Bahasa Indonesiadedesmusang

Italianozibetto

日本語霊猫麝香猫

ភាសាខ្មែរសំពោច

한국어사향고양이

Kurdîçay

Latinazibethus

Malagasyalazy

Bahasa Melayuluakmusang

Nederlandscivetkat

Polskicyweta

Portuguêsalgáliacivetagato-de-algália

Românăzibetă

Русскийвиве́ррацибети́нциве́тта

Kiswahilingawazabadi

తెలుగుపునుగుపిల్లి

ไทยชะมด

Tagalogalamid

Українськавівера

Tiếng Việtcạy

Yorùbáẹtà

Examples

“LEONATO. Indeed he looks younger than he did, by the loss of a beard. DON PEDRO. Nay, a' rubs himself with civet: can you smell⟳ him out by that? CLAUDIO. That's as much as to say⟳ the sweet youth's in love⟳.”

“Your onely way to make⟳ a good pomander, is this. Take⟳ an ownce of the pureſt garden mould, clenſed and ſteeped ſeauen daies in change⟳ of motherleſſe roſe water, then take⟳ the beſt Labdanum, Benioine, both Storaxes, amber greece, and Ciuet, and muſke, incorporate them together, and work⟳ them into what form⟳ you pleaſe; this, if your breath bee not to valiant, will make⟳ you ſmell as ſweete as my Ladies dogge.”

“[…]even if modest gestures of modernisation have⟳ slimmed down the ceremony, the chrism of unction is no longer perfumed with animal effluents—ambergris, musk and civet—and Andrew Lloyd Webber added to Handel and Elgar?”

“I believe⟳ other animals are the same; but skunk and civet are not so particular what they eat⟳; anything half decomposed or rotten will answer⟳.”

“When inquiring of people, ask⟳ about "civets", for spotted skunks are often mistakenly known as civets.”

“We ran trap⟳ lines on the way to school. Never caught much but skunk, civet and muskrats.”

“The civet, Bassariscus astutus flavus, a new host⟳ for Uncinaria lotoris.— Several specimens of this hookworm, described by Schwartz (1925) from Procyon lotor, were found in the small intestine of the civet or ring-tailed cat at College Station, Texas, by the writer December 15, 1925.”

“Raccoon, ringtail (civet), coyotes, badgers, bobcat, fox, and skunk were all hunted or trapped for furs throughout the settled portions of the Aravaipa area.”

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