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Civet Cat

Definition: Civet Cat

Civet Cat

Noun

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

2. Catlike mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Civet Cat

DomainDefinitions

Biology & Biotechnology

A slender carnivorous mammal (Bassariscus astutus). . . related to the racoons but distinguished by the long bushy black-and-white ringed tail. . . also called ring-tailed cat p. 1959. . *Q 4474. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Civet Cat

Synonyms: bassarisk (n), cacomistle (n), cacomixle (n), civet (n), coon cat (n), miner's cat (n), raccoon fox (n), ringtail (n), ring-tailed cat (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Civet Cat

English words defined with "civet cat": Paradoxure. (references)

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Modern Usage: Civet Cat

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Civet Cat (1922)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Civet Cat

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Civet Cat

Illustrations:
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Modern Translation: Civet Cat

Language Translations for "civet cat"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

цибетка (civet). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Afrikaanse civetkat (African civer, African civet cat). (various references)

   

French

  

chat queue annelée, bassariscus, bassaris, bassaride. (various references)

   

German

  

Afrika-Zibetkatze (African civer, African civet cat). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

cibetmacska (zibet). (various references)

   

Italian

  

civetta zibetto (African civer, African civet cat). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ivetcay atcay

   

Portuguese

  

gato-civeta. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

виверра (civet, genet). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

cibet (civet, palm civet). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

gato de algalia. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

civett (civet, zibet), sibetkatt (civet, zibet). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

misk kedisi (civet, genet, Genette, zibet, zibeth). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Civet Cat

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-t-t-v"

-1 letter: cavetti, ectatic.

-2 letters: acetic, active, cattie, tactic, tictac, vittae.

-3 letters: attic, cacti, cavie, civet, evict, tacet, tacit, tecta, vatic, vitae, vitta.

-4 letters: cate, cave, ceca, cite, etic, tace, tact, tate, teat, vice, vita.

-5 letters: ace, act, ait, ate, att, ave, cat, eat, eta, ice, tae, tat, tav, tea, tet, tic, tie, tit, vac, vat, vet.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-t-t-v"
 

+2 letters: cunctative.

 

+3 letters: cocultivate, contractive.

 

+4 letters: cocultivated, cocultivates.

 

+5 letters: acculturative, concentrative, contraceptive, counteractive.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Civet Cat


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 69 76 65 74      43 61 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01101001 01110110 01100101 01110100 00100000 01000011 01100001 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#116 &#32 &#67 &#97 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0069 0076 0065 0074      0043 0061 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37758871862376786

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Civet Cat"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, bulgare, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieхоландски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, néerlandais, holländisch, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionфренски език, френски, français, französisch, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definitionгермански, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, Duitse, allemand, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneиталиански език, италиански, италианец, italien, italienisch, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoпортугалски, португалски език, португалец, portugais, portugiesisch, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, Russe, russisch, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónиспански език, испански, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättningшведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeтурски език, турски, turque, türkisch, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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