viverran.
/vɪˈvɛrə//vʌɪˈvɛrə/ Zoology.† 1. The ferret. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Mustelidae (weasel, marten, otter, or badger) > [noun] > genus Mustela (weasel) > mustela furo (ferret)
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Viverra, the Ferret, a little Creature that runs into the Burroughs of Rabbits.
2. The civet-cat ( Viverra civetta), or other species of the type-genus of the civet family ( Viverridæ). Also attributive.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [noun] > genus Viverra
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Carnivora > family Viverridae > [noun] > genus Viverra > viverra civetta (civet)
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1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. ix. 217 Of quadrupedes, there are goats, wolves, pole-cats, a spotted animal of the viverra kind, and several kinds of serpents.
1813 J. C. Prichard Res. Physical Hist. Man iii. §3. 113 Of the Viverra family.
1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1817) I. ix. 280 Another species of Viverra (V. prehensilis) is also reputed to be an eager insect-hunter.
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