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viverrine

or vi·ver·rid

[ vahy-ver-ahyn, -in, vi- ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Viverridae, a family of small carnivorous mammals including the civets, genets, palm cats, etc.


noun

  1. a viverrine animal.

viverrine

/ vaɪˈvɛraɪn /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Viverridae, a family of small to medium-sized predatory mammals of Eurasia and Africa, including genets, civets and mongooses: order Carnivora (carnivores)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. any animal belonging to the family Viverridae
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

viverrine

/ vī-vĕrĭn,-īn′ /

  1. Characteristic of or resembling civets or their kin.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of viverrine1

1790–1800; < New Latin viverrīnus, equivalent to Viverr ( a ) a genus name ( Latin vīverra the ferret or a similar animal; akin to Lithuanian voverė̃, Old Russian věveritsa, Old English ācwern, Old High German eihhurno squirrel) + -īnus -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of viverrine1

C19: from New Latin viverrīnus, from Latin viverra a ferret
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Example Sentences

According to Jerdon it is nocturnal, arboreal, and omnivorous, eating small animals, birds, insects, fruit and plants; more wild than viverrine animals in general, but easily tamed.

He knew as a fact that the feline teeth had a certain structure, and that the dental formula of the viverrine animals is different.

They are plantigrade, and are without a cæcum or blind gut; the skull, however it may approach to a viverrine or feline shape, has still marked arctoid characteristics.

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