palm civet

American  

noun

1. any of various small to medium-sized, chiefly arboreal cats of the civet family, of southeastern Asia, the East Indies, etc., with a spotted or striped coat and a long curled tail.

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palm civet British  

noun

1. any of various small civet-like arboreal viverrine mammals of the genera Paradoxurus, Hemigalus, etc, of Africa and S and SE Asia

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Etymology

Origin of palm civet

First recorded in 1840–50

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Example Sentences

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palm civet

In that case, the virus was isolated in a widely-traded animal called a palm civet.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2021

The palm civet is devoured as a sham cure for insomnia.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2020

Dzykfjxqugh’s brown palm civet: A small, nocturnal Asian mammal named for the renowned zoologist Thomas Dzykfjxqugh.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2017

At first scientists found the virus in the catlike palm civet of Southeast Asia.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2011

In Indonesia, the Asian palm civet, which raids commercial fruit farms, is often seen as a pest, so the growth in the kopi luwak industry encouraged local people to protect civets for their valuable dung.

From National Geographic

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