| 单词 | african civet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAfrican civet African civet n. †(a) a musky secretion obtained from a civet of sub-Saharan Africa, Civettictis civetta, used in perfumery (obsolete. rare); (b) (more fully African civet cat) the animal itself, which has a coat boldly marked with black stripes and blotches. ΚΠ 1712 tr. P. Pomet Compl. Hist. Drugs II. i. 242/2 The West-Indian, Barbadian, and African Civets, are next in Goodness. 1785 tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape of Good Hope I. 151 As to the animal to which M. Vosmaer gives the name of the African civet-cat, I much doubt if it be to be [sic] found at the Cape of Good Hope. 1831 List Animals in Gardens of Zool. Soc. July 1st, 1831 (Tenth Publ.) 12 African Civet Cat. (A Female.) Viverra civetta, Linn... It is this animal which is supposed to produce the perfume called Civet. 1917 C. J. Cornish et al. Mammals of Other Lands 75 (caption) African Civet. This is one of the largest of the Civet Tribe. 2003 Ecol. Monogr. 73 627/1 African civets (Civetticus civetta) , palm civets (Nandinia binotata), and genets (Genetta sp.) are all frugivorous. < as lemmas |
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