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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•ver•rine (vī ver′īn, -in, vi-),USA pronunciation adj. - Mammalsof or pertaining to the Viverridae, a family of small carnivorous mammals including the civets, genets, palm cats, etc.
n. - Mammalsa viverrine animal.
- Neo-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 -ine1
- 1790–1800
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