viverrineadj.n.
/vᵻˈvɛrʌɪn/, /vʌɪˈvɛrʌɪn/, U.S. /vaɪˈvɛrən/, /vəˈvɛrən/, /vaɪˈvɛˌraɪn/, /vəˈvɛˌraɪn/ Zoology.
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.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [adjective]
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viverridous1831
viverrid1910
1800 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. I. ii. 491 Viverrine Opossum. Didelphis Viverrina.
1810 Encycl. Brit. XII. 497 Dasyurus Viverrinus, Viverrine Dasyurus. Black, spotted with white; tail without spots.
c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 53 The Viverrine Cat, Felis viverrina.
1885 Athenæum 28 Mar. 412/1 A viverrine phalanger (Phalangista viverrina) from Australia.
b. In general use.
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1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 47 A small, but rather important, group of the Viverrine animals.
1883 Encycl. 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.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [noun]
musk-weasel1835
viverrinec1880
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c1880 Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 86 The skull has all the essential characters of that of a Viverrine.
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