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zibeth

zibeth is the alternative form of zibet.

Meaning of zibet

Noun

zibet (plural zibets)

  1. (archaic) 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

Forms of zibeth

pluralzibeths

Words formed from zibeth

Questions about zibeth

What is zibeth the alternative form of?
Zibeth is the alternative form of zibet.

Words near zibeth in the dictionary

  1. zibeline
  2. zibelines
  3. zibelline
  4. zibellines
  5. zibet
  6. zibeth
  7. zibethone
  8. zibeths
  9. zibetone
  10. zibets
  11. zibib

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