zibet
zibet noun: the large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha).
Noun
zibet (plural zibets)
- The large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha).
- Certain it is, that our zibet bears a ẛtronger reẛemblance to the muẛk animal than to the civet, and conẛequently they may be conẛidered as the ẛame ẛpecies.1797, Unnamed translator, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Buffon's Natural History, Volume 7, J. S. Barr, page 119
- The perfume of the Zibet is peculiarly violent and piercing, beyond that of either the Civet or the Genet.1807, Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, A General History of Quadrupeds, 5th Edition, T. Bewick and S. Hodgson, page 273
zibet meaning in Tamil and Urdu
zibet in Tamil
- புனுகுப் பூனை வகை
zibet in Urdu
- مشک بلاؤ
Forms of zibet
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Words that rhyme with zibet
Questions about zibet
- What does zibet mean?
- Zibet means the large Indian civet (Viverra zibetha).
- What is zibet in Tamil?
- Zibet in Tamil is புனுகுப் பூனை வகை. See Zibet meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is zibet?
- Zibet is a noun.
- What is the plural of zibet?
- The plural of zibet is zibets.
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