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viverrine, a. and n. Zool.|vɪˈvɛraɪn, vaɪ-|
[ad. mod.L. viverrīn-us, f. viverra viverra: see -ine1.]
A. adj. Resembling or related to the civet, or the civet family; spec. belonging to the sub-family Viverrinæ.
a. In specific names, as viverrine cat, viverrine dasyurus, viverrine opossum, etc.
1800Shaw Gen. Zool. I. ii. 491 Viverrine Opossum. Didelphis Viverrina. 1810Encycl. Brit. (ed. 4) XII. 497 Dasyurus Viverrinus, Viverrine Dasyurus. Black, spotted with white; tail without spots. c1880Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 53 The Viverrine Cat, Felis viverrina. 1885Athenæum 28 Mar. 412/1 A viverrine phalanger (Phalangista viverrina) from Australia.
b. In general use.
1874Wood Nat. Hist. 47 A small, but rather important, group of the Viverrine animals. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 436/2 Cynogale benettii..is a curious Otter-like modification of the Viverrine type.
B. n. An individual of the sub-family Viverrinæ.
c1880Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 86 The skull has all the essential characters of that of a Viverrine. |