civetta

A young girl who refuses to keep her engagement is called a civetta -- an owlet -- probably because owlets are used as a decoy all over the country in snaring and shooting all small birds.

The Children of the King 1881

Besides leopard, other smaller predators include the small spotted genet (Genetta genetta), serval (Felis serval) and the African civet (Civettictis civetta).

South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic 2008

Smaller predators include the large spotted genet (Genetta tigrina), the African civet (Civettictis civetta) and serval (Felis serval).

Zambezian coastal flooded savanna 2007

As for Italy, I suggest you look out for the practice of candidates standing on what are known as "liste civetta", a decoy list that provides no votes for the candidate's actual party and thus does not deny it constituency seats.

What is Victory? Glyn Davies 2007

The top carnivores in this ecoregion are leopard (Panthera pardus EN), golden cat (Profelis aurata), and African civet (Civettictis civetta).

Eastern Guinean forests 2007

He reasoned that in Ethiopia, a different species of civet coexists with wild coffee beans, and thus: "In a forthcoming issue of Food Research International, Marcone describes how he brewed coffee from beans that he personally picked out of the faeces of African civets Civettictis civetta and compared it with a mug of Kopi Luwak."

Archive 2005-05-01 Douglas Hoffman 2005

He reasoned that in Ethiopia, a different species of civet coexists with wild coffee beans, and thus: "In a forthcoming issue of Food Research International, Marcone describes how he brewed coffee from beans that he personally picked out of the faeces of African civets Civettictis civetta and compared it with a mug of Kopi Luwak."

Gastronomy Domine I* Douglas Hoffman 2005

Screech-owl, a different bird, would be a different word, civetta, or possibly strige.

The Pettifogging Pit Brophy, James D. 1979

At the foot of the slab was carved a little owl (civetta), a bird, my friend informed me, very common about here.

By the Ionian Sea George Gissing 1880

-- This substance is secreted by the _Viverra civetta_, or civet cat.

The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851