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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
civet cat en · NOUN
Meanings
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Synonym of civet.
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Synonym of ringtail (“Bassariscus astutus”).
Another name for the ringtail is, though it is neither, civet cat, because when frightened ringtails exude a musky secretion from an anal gland.
[2004, Bil Gilbert, Natural Coincidence: The Trip from Kalamazoo, University of Michigan Press, page 104:So far as they may now be distinguished, the Civet Cats belonging to the astuta group are characterized: […]
1894 [1893], Samuel N. Rhoads, “Geographic Variation in Bassariscus Astutus, with Description of a New Subspecies”, in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, page 416:
Forms
Synonyms
civet · ringtail