civet cat
civet cat noun: synonym of civet.
Noun
civet cat (plural civet cats)
- Synonym of civet.
- Synonyms:
- civet
- Synonym of ringtail (“Bassariscus astutus”).
- So far as they may now be distinguished, the Civet Cats belonging to the astuta group are characterized: […]1894 [1893], Samuel N. Rhoads, “Geographic Variation in Bassariscus Astutus, with Description of a New Subspecies”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, page 416
- Another name for the ringtail is, though it is neither, civet cat, because when frightened ringtails exude a musky secretion from an anal gland.[2004, Bil Gilbert, Natural Coincidence: The Trip from Kalamazoo, University of Michigan Press, page 104
- Synonyms:
- ringtail
civet cat meaning in Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit
civet cat in Tamil
- புழுகுப்பூனை, புனுகுப்பூனை
civet cat in Telugu
- civet cat
- కస్తూరిపిల్లి kastūripilli, పునుగుపిల్లి punugupilli, మదని madani
- the civet cat
- గంధమార్జాలము gandhamārjālamu
civet cat in Sanskrit
- the civet cat
- गन्धमृग gandhamṛga
- civet cat
- मार्जार mārjāra
Synonyms of civet cat
Forms of civet cat
| plural | civet cats |
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Questions about civet cat
- What does civet cat mean?
- Civet cat means synonym of civet.
- What is civet cat in Tamil?
- Civet cat in Tamil is புழுகுப்பூனை, புனுகுப்பூனை. See Civet cat meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is civet cat?
- Civet cat is a noun.
- What is the plural of civet cat?
- The plural of civet cat is civet cats.
Words near civet cat in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: civet cat (page history and authors); civet cat (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కస్తూరిపిల్లి (Telugu) (page history and authors); गन्धमृग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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