Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the Viverridx; viverriform in a proper sense; more particularly, belonging to the Viverrinæ; not herpestine.
- noun A member of the Viverridæ, and especially of the Viverrinæ.
- noun Also
viverrin .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the
Viverridæ , or Civet family.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the
civets of the Viverrinae order; - noun Any cat of the order Viverrinae
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
Etymologies
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From Latin viverra ("ferret")
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Examples
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They are plantigrade, and are without a caecum or blind gut; the skull, however it may approach to a viverrine or feline shape, has still marked arctoid characteristics.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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According to Jerdon it is nocturnal, arboreal, and omnivorous, eating small animals, birds, insects, fruit and plants; more wild than viverrine animals in general, but easily tamed.
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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