Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Linnean genus of carnivorous quadrupeds which contained 6 species (now placed in different modern families), and which has by successive restrictions been confined to the true civets as the type of the family Viverridæ. See cuts under
civet-cat and tangaiung.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type genus of the family Viverridae
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Examples
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In Modern Egypt this viverra is called “Kitt (or Katt) Far’aun” =
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In viverra tortor et risus dignissim at tempus enim condimentum.
Why describe characters? maryrobinette 2009
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Maecenas nec tellus nec velit ultrices viverra id a nibh.
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Fusce viverra, mauris ac eleifend scelerisque, massa ligula aliquet augue, vestibulum gravida felis orci at neque.
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Fusce viverra, mauris ac eleifend scelerisque, massa ligula aliquet augue, vestibulum gravida felis orci at neque.
Lorem ipsum Ayala Sender 2007
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Etiam tortor purus, imperdiet eget blandit non, varius viverra turpis.
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In Modern Egypt this viverra is called "Kitt (or Katt) Far'aun" = Pharaoh's cat: so the Percnopter becomes Pharaoh's hen and the unfortunate (?)
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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We have the giraffe, seventeen feet high, and the little viverra, a sort of weasel, of three inches.
The Mission; or Scenes in Africa Frederick Marryat 1820
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We have the giraffe, seventeen feet high, and the little viverra, a sort of weasel, of three inches.
The Mission Frederick Marryat 1820
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Cras molestie, velit et venenatis pretium, lectus justo sagittis lorem, a viverra enim odio vitae purus.
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