linsang

American  

[lin-sang] / ˈlɪn sæŋ /

noun

1. any of several civetlike carnivores of the genera Prionodon, of the East Indies, and Poiana, of Africa, having retractile claws and a long tail: some East Indies linsangs are endangered.

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linsang British  

/ ˈlɪnsæŋ /

noun

1. any of several forest-dwelling viverrine mammals, Poiana richardsoni of W Africa or either of the two species of Prionodon of S Asia: closely related to the genets, having a very long tail and a spotted or banded coat of thick fur

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Etymology

Origin of linsang

First recorded in 1880–85, linsang is from the Javanese word lingsang

Example Sentences

This is a very curious animal, which, like the panda and the linsang, at first misled naturalists in assigning it a place.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

Two other genera, Helictis, an aberrant badger, and linsang, an aberrant civet, are representatives of Malayan types.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various