Viverra
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Viverra is a noun meaning (zoology, obsolete) An animal of the genus Viverra; a civet.
Meaning
(zoology, obsolete) An animal of the genus Viverra; a civet.
Example Sentences
Viverra tigrina, or yellowish-grey weasel. […] Mr. Pennant has referred it to the genus felis, but Mr. Schrader makes it a viverra.
That curious animal, the basset (Bassaris astuta), which has alternately been associated by zoologists with the Ursidæ and Viverridæ, has blood corpuscles more agreeing in size with those of the bears, and consequently distinctly smaller than those of the viverras.
Word Forms
- viverras
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ligula, vestibulum.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.