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Noun civet cat has 2 senses
  1. bassarisk, cacomistle, cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus astutus - raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
    --1 is a kind of procyonid
    --1 is a member of Bassariscus, genus Bassariscus
  2. civet, civet cat - catlike mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
    --2 is a kind of viverrine, viverrine mammal
    --2 is a member of Viverridae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae, family Viverrinae
    --2 has particulars:
     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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