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FAMILY VIVERRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Viverridae mean?
• FAMILY VIVERRIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY VIVERRIDAE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FAMILY VIVERRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genets; civets; mongooses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Viverridae; family Viverrinae; Viverridae; Viverrinae
Hypernyms ("family Viverridae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Viverridae"):
viverrine; viverrine mammal (small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World)
civet; civet cat (cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes)
genus Viverra; Viverra (type genus of the family Viverridae)
genus Viverricula; Viverricula (a genus of Viverridae)
Arctictis; genus Arctictis (binturongs)
Cryptoprocta; genus Cryptoprocta (large primitive cat-like carnivores inhabiting forests of Madagascar)
Fossa; genus Fossa (monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets)
Genetta; genus Genetta (genets)
genus Hemigalus; Hemigalus (banded palm civets)
genus Herpestes; Herpestes (mongooses)
genus Paradoxurus; Paradoxurus (palm civets)
genus Suricata; Suricata (meerkats)
Holonyms ("family Viverridae" is a member of...):
Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)
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