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civet

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civet /ˈsɪvət/ noun
plural civets
civet
/ˈsɪvət/
noun
plural civets
Learner's definition of CIVET
[count] : a wild animal that is like a cat and that has a long body, short legs, and a long tail
◊ Civets live in parts of Africa, southern Europe, and Asia.灵猫,麝猫(分布于非洲、南欧和亚洲)
called also civet cat
[noncount] : a substance from the body of the civet that has a strong smell and is sometimes used to make perfume灵猫香,麝猫香(可制作香料)
BNC: 49822 COCA: 33760

civet

noun

civ·​et ˈsi-vət How to pronounce civet (audio)
1
: any of various Old World carnivorous viverrid mammals with long bodies, short legs, and a usually long tail
2
: a thick yellowish musky-odored substance found in a sac near the anus of the civet (especially genera Civettictis, Viverra, and Viverricula) and used in perfume

Illustration of civet

Illustration of civet
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Overall, Poust notes, Diegoaelurus was probably closer in appearance to a civet or a fossa. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2022 SARS-CoV-1, the virus that caused the 2002-04 SARS epidemic, seems to have crossed over from civet cats. Adam O’neal, WSJ, 26 Nov. 2021 The civet was identified as the most probable source of SARS within four months of the outbreak; camels were identified within nine months of MERS. Carolyn Kormann, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2021 Previous coronavirus outbreaks include the first SARS in 2003, which started in bats, then spread to civet cats and into humans; and the 2012 MERS outbreak, which spilled over from bats to camels, and ultimately to people. A. Chris Gajilan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021 As my colleague Alice Su reported last year, the breeding and sale of animals such as civet cats and pangolins, which are considered possible intermediary carriers of COVID-19 on its path from bats to humans, is a $73-billion industry in China. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021 Machine learning identified the palm civet and greater horseshoe bat as the species likeliest to transmit novel coronaviruses to humans. Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021 That animal probably transmitted the virus to an intermediate host, like a mink, pangolin, civet or racoon dog, which then passed the virus to a human. Theresa Machemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2021 The two previous coronavirus outbreaks both started when coronaviruses jumped from animals to humans, from civet cats in 2003 with SARS and from camels with MERS in 2012. William A. Haseltine, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle French civette, from Old Italian zibetto, from Arabic zabād civet perfume

First Known Use

1532, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of civet was in 1532
BNC: 49822 COCA: 33760

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