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Viverra

noun
1.
Type genus of the family Viverridae.  Synonym: genus Viverra.



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... well-known weasel-like rodent often kept tame in the house to clear it of vermin. It is supposed to know an antidote against snake-poison, as the weasel eats rue before battle (Pliny x. 84; xx. 13). In Modern Egypt this viverra is called "Kitt (or Katt) Far'aun" Pharaoh's cat: so the Percnopter becomes Pharaoh's hen and the unfortunate (?) King has named a host of things, alive and dead. It was worshipped and mummified in parts of Ancient Egypt e.g. Heracleopolis, ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton



Words linked to "Viverra" :   mammal genus, Viverra zibetha, Viverridae, genus Viverra, family Viverrinae, family Viverridae, Viverrinae



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