单词 | civet cat |
释义 | civet cat in American English1. any of several nocturnal, catlike carnivores (family Viverridae) of Africa, India, Malaysia, and S China, with spotted, yellowish fur: valued for its civet (sense 1) 2. US cacomistle civet cat in American Englishnoun Also called (for defs. 1, 2): California mink1. cacomistle 2. the fur of the cacomistle 3. Western U.S. a skunk Word origin [1600–10, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1600–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cadet, criticism, dolly, progressive, umbrellaExamples of 'civet cat' in a sentence |
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