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paradoxure

paradoxure noun: any member of the species in the genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.

Noun

paradoxure (plural paradoxures)

  1. Any member of the species in the genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.

Forms of paradoxure

pluralparadoxures

Origin of paradoxure

Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “incredible, paradoxical”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). So called because its tail is unlike that of the other animals to which it was supposed to be related.

Questions about paradoxure

What does paradoxure mean?
Paradoxure means any member of the species in the genus Paradoxurus, Asiatic viverrine mammals allied to the civet.
What part of speech is paradoxure?
Paradoxure is a noun.
What is the plural of paradoxure?
The plural of paradoxure is paradoxures.

Words near paradoxure in the dictionary

  1. paradoxology
  2. paradoxornithid
  3. paradoxornithids
  4. paradoxosomatid
  5. paradoxosomatids
  6. paradoxure
  7. paradoxures
  8. paradoxurine
  9. paradoxurines
  10. paradoxy
  11. paradrogue

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