viverrine

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They are plantigrade, and are without a caecum or blind gut; the skull, however it may approach to a viverrine or feline shape, has still marked arctoid characteristics.

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  1. adjective Of or belonging to the family Viverridae, which includes small carnivorous mammals such as the civets and mongooses.
  2. noun A member of the Viverridae.

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  1. New Latin vīverrīnus, from Vīverra, type genus, from Latin vīverra, ferret.

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  1. from New Latin viverrinus, from Latin viverra, a ferret: see viverra.
 

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/vaɪˈvɛrɪn/
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