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

• “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

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

  Eastern Guinean forests

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

  Zambezian coastal flooded savanna

• “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?

• “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

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

  The Pettifogging Pit

• “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

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

  The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants

• “Civet-cat, tanggalong (Viverra civetta): the natives take the civet, as they require it for use, from a peculiar receptacle under the tail of the animal.”

  The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants

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