VIVERRINAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Viverrinae mean? 

• VIVERRINAE (noun)
  The noun VIVERRINAE has 1 sense:

1. genets; civets; mongooses

  Familiarity information: VIVERRINAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIVERRINAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genets; civets; mongooses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Viverridae; family Viverrinae; Viverridae; Viverrinae

Hypernyms ("Viverrinae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Viverrinae"):

viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)

civet; civet cat (cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes)

genus Viverra; Viverra (type genus of the family Viverridae)

genus Viverricula; Viverricula (a genus of Viverridae)

Arctictis; genus Arctictis (binturongs)

Cryptoprocta; genus Cryptoprocta (large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar)

Fossa; genus Fossa (monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets)

Genetta; genus Genetta (genets)

genus Hemigalus; Hemigalus (banded palm civets)

genus Herpestes; Herpestes (mongooses)

genus Paradoxurus; Paradoxurus (palm civets)

genus Suricata; Suricata (meerkats)

Holonyms ("Viverrinae" is a member of...):

Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)