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What is a civet?

What is a civet? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (countable) A carnivorous catlike animal, Civettictis civetta, that produces a musky secretion. It is two to three feet long, with black bands and spots on the body and tail.
  2. (uncountable) The musky perfume produced by the animal.
  3. Any animal in the family Viverridae or the similar family Nandiniidae
  4. (countable, US) Any of several species of spotted skunk, in the genus Spilogale.
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This has a lot to do with the fact that the beans need to first pass through the digestive system of the Asian palm civet.
Mammalian species include shrews and gymnures, bats, rats, squirrels, ungulates, civet cats and deer.
Though their sleek torsos and short, limber legs may seem catlike, civet cats aren't really felines.
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The stone marten is native on the Adriatic islands, and the small Indian civet has been introduced to Ngazidja.
The main suspect to date is the civet cat, a cat-like mammal closely related to the mongoose.

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