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1. raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings

↑bassarisk, ↑cacomistle, ↑cacomixle, ↑coon cat, ↑raccoon fox, ↑ringtail, ↑ring-tailed cat, ↑miner's cat, ↑Bassariscus astutus

2. cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes

↑large civet, ↑Viverra zibetha, ↑small civet, ↑Viverricula indica, ↑Viverricula malaccensis, ↑binturong, ↑bearcat, ↑Arctictis bintourong, ↑Cryptoprocta, ↑genus Cryptoprocta, ↑fanaloka, ↑Fossa fossa, ↑banded palm civet, ↑Hemigalus hardwickii, ↑palm cat, ↑palm civet

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a. : any of various carnivorous mammals of the family Viverridae; especially : a brownish gray black-marked African animal (Civettictis civetta) two to three feet long that produces most of the civet of commerce — compare bush cat 2, palm civet, viverra

b. : the cacomistle or any other animal of the genus Bassariscus

c. : little spotted skunk

2. : the fur of a civet cat

1. cacomistle.

2. the fur of the cacomistle.

3. Western U.S. skunk. Also called California mink (for defs. 1, 2).

[1600-10, Amer.]

civet cat,

1. a small, spotted mammal of Africa and Asia, having glands that produce civet. Civet cats are carnivorous.

2. any one of certain similar or related animals.