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civet

/ˈsɪvɪt

noun (also civet cat)

1A slender nocturnal carnivorous mammal with a barred and spotted coat and well-developed anal scent glands, native to Africa and Asia.

Family Viverridae (the civet family): several genera and species. The civet family also includes the genets, linsang, and fossa, and formerly included the mongooses.

The main suspect to date is the civet cat, a cat-like mammal closely related to the mongoose....

This includes the civet cat which is known to be a carrier of the disease.
So it's not a virus that every Himalayan palm civet has always had and is chronically infected with.

1.1 [mass noun] A strong musky perfume obtained from the secretions of the civet’s scent glands.During the Renaissances strong scents of animal origin, including musk, civet and ambergris, were popular, but by the late 18th century these were consider too strong, too beastly....

The secretion of these glands, called civet, is used as a perfume base and medicine..
Theatre became less serious and more sensational; the great national concerns gave way to domestic intrigue; the smell of cowslips and violets to musk and civet, if not in reality then in the imagery of the plays.

2US The ring-tailed cat or cacomistle.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from medieval Latin zibethum, from Arabic zabād, denoting the perfume.

单词	civet
释义	civet /ˈsɪvɪt / noun (also civet cat) 1A slender nocturnal carnivorous mammal with a barred and spotted coat and well-developed anal scent glands, native to Africa and Asia. Family Viverridae (the civet family): several genera and species. The civet family also includes the genets, linsang, and fossa, and formerly included the mongooses. The main suspect to date is the civet cat, a cat-like mammal closely related to the mongoose.... This includes the civet cat which is known to be a carrier of the disease. So it's not a virus that every Himalayan palm civet has always had and is chronically infected with. 1.1 [mass noun] A strong musky perfume obtained from the secretions of the civet’s scent glands.During the Renaissances strong scents of animal origin, including musk, civet and ambergris, were popular, but by the late 18th century these were consider too strong, too beastly.... The secretion of these glands, called civet, is used as a perfume base and medicine.. Theatre became less serious and more sensational; the great national concerns gave way to domestic intrigue; the smell of cowslips and violets to musk and civet, if not in reality then in the imagery of the plays. 2US The ring-tailed cat or cacomistle. Origin Mid 16th century: from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from medieval Latin zibethum, from Arabic zabād, denoting the perfume. Rhymes privet, rivet, trivet
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