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ring-tailed civet cats

ring-tailed civet cats is the plural of ring-tailed civet cat.

Meaning of ring-tailed civet cat

Noun

ring-tailed civet cat (plural ring-tailed civet cats)

  1. (dated, obsolete, regional) 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
    Synonyms:
    ringtail

Questions about ring-tailed civet cats

What is ring-tailed civet cats the plural of?
Ring-tailed civet cats is the plural of ring-tailed civet cat.

Words near ring-tailed civet cats in the dictionary

  1. ring-tail cats
  2. ring-tailed
  3. ring-tailed cat
  4. ring-tailed cats
  5. ring-tailed civet cat
  6. ring-tailed civet cats
  7. ring-tailed coati
  8. ring-tailed coatis
  9. ring-tailed glider
  10. ring-tailed gliders
  11. ring-tailed lemur

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