civet : Idioms & Phrases

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banded palm civet

  • noun an East Indian civet
    Hemigalus hardwickii.
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civet bean

  • noun small flat green bean similar to lima beans
    butter bean; sieva bean; butterbean.
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civet cat

  • noun raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
    cacomixle; bassarisk; coon cat; ring-tailed cat; cacomistle; Bassariscus astutus; ringtail; miner's cat; raccoon fox.
  • noun cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
    civet.
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large civet

  • noun common civet of India and southeast Asia
    Viverra zibetha.
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palm civet

  • noun spotted or striped arboreal civet of southeast Asia and East Indies
    palm cat.
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small civet

  • noun a common civet of southeast Asia
    Viverricula indica; Viverricula malaccensis.
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