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Meaning of civet cat | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Synonym of civet.
  2. Synonym of ringtail (“Bassariscus astutus”).

Examples

“So far as they may now be distinguished, the Civet Cats belonging to the astuta group are characterized: […]”
“Another name for the ringtail is, though it is neither, civet cat, because when frightened ringtails exude a musky secretion from an anal gland.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

civet coffee civetone civets civey Civi Civic

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