noun
genets; civets; mongooses
• Syn: ↑family Viverridae, ↑Viverrinae, ↑family Viverrinae
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carnivora, ↑order Carnivora
• Member Meronyms:
↑viverrine, ↑viverrine mammal, ↑civet, ↑civet cat, ↑Viverra, ↑genus Viverra, ↑Viverricula, ↑genus Viverricula, ↑Arctictis, ↑genus Arctictis, ↑Cryptoprocta, ↑genus Cryptoprocta, ↑Fossa, ↑genus Fossa, ↑Genetta, ↑genus Genetta, ↑Hemigalus, ↑genus Hemigalus, ↑Herpestes, ↑genus Herpestes, ↑Paradoxurus, ↑genus Paradoxurus, ↑Suricata, ↑genus Suricata
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\\-rəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a large family of somewhat catlike carnivorous mammals that are widely distributed in the warmer parts of the Old World, are rarely larger than a domestic cat but long, slender, and weasellike in build with short legs, rounded feet, and more or less retractile claws, and include civets, palm civets, genets, mongooses, and related forms
Useful english dictionary. 2012.