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zibets

zibets is the plural 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

Questions about zibets

What is zibets the plural of?
Zibets is the plural of zibet.

Words near zibets in the dictionary

  1. zibet
  2. zibeth
  3. zibethone
  4. zibeths
  5. zibetone
  6. zibets
  7. zibib
  8. zibibs
  9. Zibit
  10. Zibo
  11. zibotentan

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