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VIVERRINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does viverrine mean? 

VIVERRINE (noun)
  The noun VIVERRINE has 1 sense:

1. small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old Worldplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VIVERRINE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

viverrine; viverrine mammal

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

carnivore (a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "viverrine"):

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

Cryptoprocta ferox; fossa; fossa cat (largest carnivore of Madagascar; intermediate in some respects between cats and civets)

genet; Genetta genetta (agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail)

mongoose (agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents)

meerkat; mierkat (a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes)

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

family Viverridae; family Viverrinae; Viverridae; Viverrinae (genets; civets; mongooses)


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