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civet

15 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. civet (noun)
  2. civet bean (noun)
  3. civet cat (noun)
  4. banded palm civet (noun)
  5. Chinese civet (noun)
  6. golden palm civet (noun)
  7. Indian civet (noun)
  8. lesser civet (noun)
  9. masked civet (noun)
  10. otter civet (noun)
  11. palm civet (noun)
  12. small-toothed palm civet (noun)
  13. tree civet (noun)
  14. water civet (noun)
  15. zebra civet cat (noun)

civ·et

noun \ˈsi-vət\

Definition of CIVET

1
: any of various Old World carnivorous viverrid mammals with long bodies, short legs, and a usually long tail
2
: a thick yellowish musky-odored substance found in a sac near the anus of the civet (especially genera Civettictis, Viverra, and Viverricula) and used in perfume
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Origin of CIVET

Middle French civette, from Old Italian zibetto, from Arabic zabād civet perfume
First Known Use: 1532

Other Mammals Terms

dormouse, dugong, gibbon, grimalkin, sable, stoat, ungulate, vole

Rhymes with CIVET

divot, pivot, privet, rivet, swivet, trivet

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