zibet

American  

[zib-it] / ˈzɪb ɪt /

noun

1. a civet, Viverra zibetha, of India, the Malay Peninsula, and other parts of Asia.

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zibet British  

/ ˈzɪbɪt /

noun

1. a large civet, Viverra zibetha, of S and SE Asia, having tawny fur marked with black spots and stripes

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Etymology

Origin of zibet

1585–95; < Medieval Latin zibethum or Italian zibetto < Arabic zabād; civet

Example Sentences

He had a charming triumph in the discovery of two more animals beginning with Z, to wit, the zibet and the zoril, which was the sweeter for the fact that they were both new beasts to the children.

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Zibet, zib′et, n. an Asiatic or Indian civet.

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Z was a zealous old Zibet, Toboggans he tried to prohibit.

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Then it must have been a Zibet, a specie not unlike the American civet.

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