ring-tailed civet cat
ring-tailed civet cat noun: synonym of ringtail (“Bassariscus astutus”).
Noun
ring-tailed civet cat (plural ring-tailed civet cats)
- Synonym of ringtail (“Bassariscus astutus”).
- The only representative of the family viverridæ in America is the ring-tailed civet cat of Mexico and California; it is neither a civet nor a genet, though most resembling the latter, but the Bassaris astuta (Licht.).1859, George Ripley, Charles A[nderson] Dana, editors, New American Cyclopædia, volume 8, page 132
- She never quite succeeded in taming the animals: two squirrels, a fox, and a ring-tailed civet cat.2013, Judith Carrington, Juanita Herff Drought Chipman, editors, Eda & Ilse: Domestic Life of Privileged 19th to 20th Century Women, Daughter and Great-Granddaughter of Civic Leader J.H. Kampmann...
- Synonyms:
- ringtail
Synonyms of ring-tailed civet cat
Forms of ring-tailed civet cat
| plural | ring-tailed civet cats |
|---|
Questions about ring-tailed civet cat
- What does ring-tailed civet cat mean?
- Ring-tailed civet cat means synonym of ringtail (“Bassariscus astutus”).
- What part of speech is ring-tailed civet cat?
- Ring-tailed civet cat is a noun.
- What is the plural of ring-tailed civet cat?
- The plural of ring-tailed civet cat is ring-tailed civet cats.
Words near ring-tailed civet cat in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ring-tailed civet cat (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.
Last updated:
Cite this entry: “ring-tailed civet cat.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ring-tailed_civet_cat. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.