musangn.
/muːˈsaŋ/, /mjuːˈsaŋ/, U.S. /muˈsɑŋ/, /mjuˈsæŋ/ A palm civet of the Asian genus Paradoxurus; esp. the toddy cat, P. hermaphroditus.
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musang1783
palm marten1827
paradoxure1840
palm-cat1849
palm civet1862
toddy cat1867
tree-cat1885
paradoxurine1890
1783 W. Marsden Hist. Sumatra 94 Pole cat: moosang.
1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. I. 398 The gomuti palm..is most favourably propagated through the seeds voided by the Luwak, or Musang.
1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 93 Various species of Musang have been named as separate subgenera.
1884 R. A. Sterndale Nat. Hist. Mammalia India & Ceylon 215 Genus Paradoxurus—The Musangs.
1884 R. A. Sterndale Nat. Hist. Mammalia India & Ceylon 217 Paradoxurus..Grayii, the Hill Musang.
1884 R. A. Sterndale Nat. Hist. Mammalia India & Ceylon 220 Paradoxurus zeylanicus. The Golden Musang.
1927 Blackwood's Mag. May 610/1 Almost all the bungalows here [i.e. in Malaya] have moosangs living in their roofs.
1965 D. Morris Mammals 300 Closely related [to the masked palm civet] is the Common Palm Civet, or Musang, also known as the Toddy Cat.
1987 Independent 15 Oct. 162/1 From Singapore to Java, she carried a pet musang (a civet).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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