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Hemigalus

noun

banded palm civets

• Syn: ↑genus Hemigalus

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Viverridae, ↑family Viverridae, ↑Viverrinae, ↑family Viverrinae

• Member Meronyms: ↑banded palm civet, ↑Hemigalus hardwickii

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\\hēˈmigələs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hemi- (I) + -galus (from Greek galē weasel) — more at galea

: a genus of East Indian civets comprising the banded palm civets (as H. hardwickii)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.