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Definition of civet in English: civet(also civet cat) noun ˈsɪvɪtˈsɪvət 1A slender nocturnal carnivorous mammal with a barred and spotted coat and well-developed anal scent glands, native to Africa and Asia. 香猫，麝猫，灵猫 Family Viverridae (the civet family): several genera and species. The civet family also includes the genets, linsang, and fossa, and formerly included the mongooses Example sentencesExamples - So it's not a virus that every Himalayan palm civet has always had and is chronically infected with.
- On coffee plantations, palm civets dine heavily on coffee cherries.
- This includes the civet cat which is known to be a carrier of the disease.
- The main suspect to date is the civet cat, a cat-like mammal closely related to the mongoose.
- On behalf of all civet cats I have to register a protest.
- 1.1mass noun A strong musky perfume obtained from the secretions of the civet's scent glands.
香猫香，麝猫香 Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- In the sixteenth century, for example, pungent animal scents such as musk and civet were very popular.
- Silk, cotton, and velvet changed what people wore, and musk and civet altered the way that they smelt.
- 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. 〈美〉蓬尾浣熊；环尾猫熊
OriginMid 16th century: from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from medieval Latin zibethum, from Arabic zabād, denoting the perfume. Definition of civet in US English: civet(also civet cat) nounˈsivətˈsɪvət 1A slender nocturnal carnivorous mammal with a barred and spotted coat and well-developed anal scent glands, native to Africa and Asia. 香猫，麝猫，灵猫 Family Viverridae (the civet family): several genera and species, in particular the African civet (Viverra civetta). The civet family also includes the genets, linsang, and fossa, and formerly included the mongooses Example sentencesExamples - On behalf of all civet cats I have to register a protest.
- So it's not a virus that every Himalayan palm civet has always had and is chronically infected with.
- This includes the civet cat which is known to be a carrier of the disease.
- The main suspect to date is the civet cat, a cat-like mammal closely related to the mongoose.
- On coffee plantations, palm civets dine heavily on coffee cherries.
- 1.1 A strong musky perfume obtained from the secretions of the civet's scent glands.
香猫香，麝猫香 Example sentencesExamples - In the sixteenth century, for example, pungent animal scents such as musk and civet were very popular.
- 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.
- 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.
- Silk, cotton, and velvet changed what people wore, and musk and civet altered the way that they smelt.
- The secretion of these glands, called civet, is used as a perfume base and medicine..
2US The ring-tailed cat or cacomistle. 〈美〉蓬尾浣熊；环尾猫熊
OriginMid 16th century: from French civette, from Italian zibetto, from medieval Latin zibethum, from Arabic zabād, denoting the perfume. |